Learn More About Gaming Disorder: Mental Disorders Due To The Addictive Game

Are you a fan of video games or digital — which more popular known as video games and online games – and also follow its development? If Yes, then you become one of the present society.

Video games (video games) and the increasingly popular digital games by the society from time to time in line with the development of technologies supporting the game. Removes age limit, the game is loved by both children and adults.

In Indonesia, itself has noted that there is a 43.7 million active players who rose to usher Indonesia into position, the 16th largest video game market in the world in the year 2017.

However, behind the video game development and digital, there are negative impacts that need to be controlled. This game should be played not too often and do not linger because of its nature only as a means of entertainment. Play wisely is important is done to avoid the effects of the addictive gameplay, which has now been revealed as one form of mental disorder.

Yes, 18 June 2018 then, addicted to playing games are classified by the WHO as a mental disorder, as gaming disorder and are grouped in the same category with addictive gambling.

Apart from the accompanying controversy, it should be noted by the community regarding this disorder so that gaming can be prevented as early as possible.

Therefore, it is important for us to recognize closer gaming this disorder so that we can control ourselves and prevent it from happening to us.

What is gaming disorder and what is it?

In ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics — a system pengategorian of the disease internationally by the WHO — gaming disorder is a disorder characterized by the behavior of a repeating or continuous gameplay (digital games or video game), either online or offline (offline).

In the United States Psychiatry Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) proposed, the criteria/characteristics of a person experiencing gaming disorder are as follows:

• fun to play online games, will very often think about the previous games or looking forward to the next game. Online games are becoming a major activity in daily life.

• Symptoms of breaking up when the game was halted, the sensitivity can be increased, anxiety or sadness.

• the need to spend more time playing online games.

• Failed to control me not to participate in the game.

• Continue the online game despite already knowing that have psychological problems.

• lying to family members, therapist, or others about the game being played. Stealth during play.

• Use online gaming as a way out or lighten the mood negative

• Neglect, loss, and endangering social relations, both with the people closest to you or with the community, job, or educational opportunities and employment significantly because prefer the online play continuously.

When someone who has five or more of the above characteristics, then it can be diagnosed that concerned the possibility of gaming has experienced the disorder.

What causes this disorder gaming?

In General, most video games or digital led players caught in a round of compulsive.

The players play the game, reaching the goal, get the item or ' reward ' new players, and play it back using the new item to reach the next goal. So on to the spinning endlessly.

If it is viewed in terms of the Neurosciences, the activity of gameplay in the form of goals and expect gifts new items after carrying out this task thus stimulates the brain to release dopamine that the brain is defined as a sense of pleasure.

The release of dopamine in this cause some people obsessed to seek enjoyment even more with doing the same thing constantly. Eventually, it became compulsive behavior to continue to play the game, which ultimately experienced gaming disorder.

The pattern or the same dopamine release mechanism such as this also be the cause of someone who is addicted to smoking (due to the nicotine), cocaine, and gambling.

The impact gaming disorder that could happen

Something that becomes opium and done in excess is certainly not going to good effect. Including the matter of playing video games or online. What are the impacts that could happen to someone who experienced gaming disorder?

•        psychological problems Arise, such as depression, low self-esteem, high levels of stress and anxiety.

•        When a person spent much of his time to play video games or online, then he likely will forget healthy life patterns should be doing every day. He would forget to eat, forget sleep, less drinking, and end up neglecting hygiene yourself. Of course, this will affect your physical health.

•        It would be very easy for someone who experienced gaming disorder to willingly to his purse for the sake of satisfying a deep sense of craving. He will probably buy expensive gaming tools, buy this spare part, and so on. For those who do gaming on game net stalls, it could be going to spend days on end in the garment stalls to rent the tool. Finance will obviously drain. In an extreme case, even a sufferer gaming disorder could owe for the sake of this excessive hobby.

•        Time should be used to parse the camaraderie with the people closest to you, such as family or friends, obviously will be reduced, and can make the sufferer gaming disorder will be isolated.

•        criminal acts Involved. Some time ago there also had news of a case of a teenager in West Java which is determined to steal motorcycles for the sake of satisfying the lusts of his gaming.

•        at extreme levels, it could even endanger lives. There's never been a case of a teenager who committed suicide just because the Internet connection is disconnected.

look at the various impacts that could be taken by this disorder gaming, it seems we cannot stay silent again now and just think of it as a momentary trend only.

With the impact of how serious it is, we have to find ways to prevent those closest to us, and also our own experience this mental disorder.

How to prevent and cope with gaming disorder?

Based on current research in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Canada, as much as 2.4% of gamers in the country have at least 5 symptoms that have been mentioned above.

If this percentage is considered the same as in Indonesia — although in reality can be larger or smaller — then there is about 1.05 million game players gaming experience the disorder can be diagnosed.

Certainly, the numbers are alarming enough. But we can drop him by preventing the development of mental disorders, especially in children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable.

Parents have a role to supervise the children in playing video games or digital, both in terms of time as well as the content of the game. As an additional note, the game involving teamwork and kill the enemy we know tend to be more addictive.

So, remind the child when it is played too long and remind other activities also needs to be done by him.

If you are a game player, then limit the game time to prevent more severe addiction. Do other more useful activities to concern themselves so that the mind distracted from the game.

Do not let this activity which is entertaining and even reduce your productivity.

If a friend, child, or even your own experience five or more characteristics as mentioned above please contact the psychologist or psychiatrist for further handling.

Gaming disorder already could not be ignored, because of the longer more and leads to a serious mental disorder. Only we can prevent himself came on those closest to us, and also our own.

Self-control is the key.

Yes, always good healthy soul nor body!

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