video game addiction

After years and years of playing tons of video games, developing crazy skills in order to remove the tag of ‘NOOB’ from our Gamertag, we got the tag of mental disorder instead of a pro. And if you’re reading this, I’m 87 percent sure that you have this mental disorder. Yes, it is official. World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised gaming addiction as a mental disorder. The disorder will be listed in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), to be published in June, WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic told reporters in Geneva. The exact words that describe the disorder are; “a pattern of gaming behaviour, that can be digital gaming or video gaming, characterised by impaired control over gaming, increased priority given to gaming over o...