like i said, physical addiction = addiction
mental addiction = something everyone has of some sort or to some extent and just needs to learn to deal with it. if you try to deny that we live in a society where we want to diagnose everything possible, laying blame for how we are as being something that is unavoidable. living in moderation is not something thats easy to learn, no shit. blaming addiction as to why you play video games is lame. you do it because it fun, it helps you avoid responsibility, helps avoid social situations that may make you feel uncomfortable, or because you really cant help yourself and you are compelled to feed your addiction?
im not calling you out, im calling out a society where placing blame on some condition we were born with or are more prone to is the approved way to deal with how to live in moderation. this does not include people addicted to substances that make the body physically addicted. those are addictions. video games are a lack of self control, nothing more.
as for me, ive never said im not addicted to games, but thats not my excuse to play them either, and i dont endlessly talk about how unhappy i am. i know who and what i am. why? because i spent 5 years figuring it out, tearing myself down and building myself back up. it was not so i can have a more socially acceptable life, one that people can say im the life of the party, hes so outgoing, we love him. it was so i could feel better about myself. life is way too short to worry about if i fit into some generic mold of what society thinks my life should be. but then again i have never enjoyed going to bars, staying out drinking until 5 am multiple days a week just so i can feel like ive done what people my age (
10 years ago) are supposed to do.
so continue calling me out, ill still be your friend no matter how hard you try to make it easier on yourself to do a complete about face in life.