News stories and urban legends abound regarding the extreme
consequences that can stem from an addiction to video games. And while
some of these claims may be trumped up to sell advertising or persuade
your way of thinking, there exists a legitimate need to help those
players who find themselves in over their heads. Polish gaming website
MMOZin has uncovered a clinic based here in the United States that is
seeking to do just that and Ten Ton Hammer is proud to have partnered
with them to bring an English language version of that interview, with
Dr. Hilarie Cash of the reSTART clinic, to the North American audience.
case is a young man from this area who, again, had a pretty normal life
up until he went off to college. He played video games, but in
moderation. He was a good student, he ran cross country, and he had
friends and a social life when he went off to college.
What was very significant about him is that, although he had friends,
he was socially shy and he hated his father who was abusive. When he
went to college he met other gamers in the dorm and he just squeaked by
passing the first term. But, thereafter he would sign up for courses
and then he would withdraw by the withdrawal deadline. He lied to his
parents that he was still in college, taking all the college courses,
creating a fake transcript which he would show them to prove that he
was doing well. For 3 years he kept up that deceit and his parents paid
for his university. He didn't have anything to show for it. He
eventually was kicked out and was suicidally depressed.
You can read the entire interview
href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/79841" target="_blank">here
at Ten Ton Hammer.
