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Video Game Playing Linked to Depression, Low Grades

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Thank you for the PubMed link. We were actually talking about this the other day in class. I'm going to print it out and take it in

Thanks for the full text. :)

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Correlation is not sufficient evidence for causation.

Well of course not that is basic psychology.

I do find the corhort and the relationship extemely interesting, being a gamer and all. :)

It is logical, when you spend 31 hours a week (as they have defined as pathological gaming) in a dark room, staring at a screen, on a mission of some sort, you are probably going to end up a little depressed. However, the "bad grades" caught me off guard. Gaming has always helped me with my problem solving skills.

It has really helped Keegan with his hand eye cordination, crtical thinking (with Portal), puzzle solving, concrete thinking ... ect. -

Interesting...

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Good point.

Depression connection needs more teasing out. The games causing depression or gaming to self-treat depression?

The addiction front has some points...

I know people can get depressed if they are "loosing" a game or are stuck at a part or whatev, but yea, not "depression"

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I know people can get depressed if they are "loosing" a game or are stuck at a part or whatev, but yea, not "depression"

Usually my younger brother would get frustrated/angry for losing a game. Went through more consoles and controllers by his tantrums than I have seen since that time.

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I have a family member that was given a video game system at the age of 14. Before long he did nothing but play video games locking himself in his room.

He dropped out of school, has had trouble keeping the few jobs family would get him (he would stay up all night playing video games) - getting fired for not showing up for work. His first wife left him, his second wife is barely holding on.

He has let his health fall into the toilet, and he basically has become a recluse.

I don't think the video games made him this way, I think he was prolly already headed in that direction. The games are his excuse for not growing up. For not taking responsibility.

I think it's a crutch for some that can't deal with life. Just like drugs and alcohol.

It's sad really.

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Seems video games get blamed for everything from depression to mass murder.

Not buying it.

I've got 2 straight A students (mixed in with a few occasional Bs but hell whaddaya want) and we ALL game ALL the time.

You can prove or disprove anything depending on how you skew the data. Just not buying it.

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If you have a massive video game issue, I can see depression. You basically sit there, hooked on it, wondering why you're sitting there staring at a screen. Then you feel isolated from everyone, isolation leads to thinking about why the hell you're even alive in a body with fully tactile senses, wasting them completely staring at a screen with a little man running around and doing shit. You then remind yourself that there's hardly any aspect of what you're doing that will pay off anything legitimate in real life. After that you remind yourself that you've been working on a few novels over the past few years and they're still sitting there more blank then they should be because you've been roped into a silly MMO that won't let you get out of your chair. Lastly when you go to the bathroom, you step on the scale and realize exactly where alllll thoooose Hot Pockets you've wolfed down during hours of raiding dungeons. The fatty fit comes when you try to fit into a pair of your old pants...

Speaking of which though, I Alt-tabbed out of World of Warcraft just now to check what the weather is outside (not by actually GOING outside, but rather going to weather.com). My druid is probably dead right now. *sigh* It's sad that I care about that...

If anyone is running horde on Nathrezim and is looking for a MMO depression buddy, hit me up :whistle::laugh:.

If you have a massive video game issue, I can see depression. You basically sit there, hooked on it, wondering why you're sitting there staring at a screen. Then you feel isolated from everyone, isolation leads to thinking about why the hell you're even alive in a body with fully tactile senses, wasting them completely staring at a screen with a little man running around and doing shit. You then remind yourself that there's hardly any aspect of what you're doing that will pay off anything legitimate in real life. Then you remind yourself that you've been working on a few novels over the past few years and they're still sitting there more blank then they should be because you've been roped into a silly MMO that won't let you get out of your chair. Then when you go to the bathroom, you step on the scale and realize exactly where alllll thoooose Hot Pockets you've wolfed down during hours of raiding dungeons. The fatty fit comes when you try to fit into a pair of your old pants...

Speaking of which though, I Alt-tabbed out of World of Warcraft just now to check what the weather is outside (not by actually GOING outside, but rather going to weather.com). My druid is probably dead right now. *sigh* It's sad that I care about that...

If anyone is running horde on Nathrezim and is looking for a MMO depression buddy, hit me up :whistle::laugh:.

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Another thing I've noticed over the years is that many people who already have either insecurity issues, low self esteem, and/or depression go INTO playing video games because of these things, not vice versa. It's a prime example of escapism. So I agree with Meg, correlation does not necessarily equate to causation. Many people who are slackers and depressed did not become that way due to gaming, but go into gaming to escape from it.

Another thing I've noticed over the years is that many people who already have either insecurity issues, low self esteem, and/or depression go INTO playing video games because of these things, not vice versa. It's a prime example of escapism. So I agree with Meg, correlation does not necessarily equate to causation. Many people who are slackers and depressed did not become that way due to gaming, but go into gaming to escape from it.
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I would agree with that statement. I tend to notice if I am depressed or in a funk I will game more (and I mean game in the sense of strictly video game).

It provides a means of which to not think about the present, be it school, man crushes, the dork in lab that is going to always be hitting on me, kids, work, LIFE - I think you guys get my point.

And it's not that I don't think during the game time its self... but I'm not thinking about all the shit I have found depressing through out the day/week/month ect.

That being said I also hardcore game when I'm bored... *nods*

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