Harmful Effects From Gaming Addiction

Negative Effects of Gaming Addiction

As many people can acknowledge, gaming addiction can effect people in certain aspects. In this case I am looking towards the negative in this part.

The first negative impact of video games is the influence it can have on people, especially younger generations. Many video games nowadays tend to suit a more mature audience, as many hardcore gamers with money are reaching a age where it has become more suitable for them. However many do not take into account the easy accessibility for children to gain violent games. At young ages children are more likely to be influence than any other demographic, so when violence and destruction become part of their addiction it can cause some issues. From being raised in an era of violence, children find more joy in violent acts, an unceasing idea.


Isolation is also a major concern for video addicts. Many video games have elements of either single or multi-player campaigns. These games may be played alone or cooperatively. However these does not translate well to actual social skills. Games are sources of entertainment that limit peoples communication with each other. Gaming addiction makes it worse as time in other activities such as doing homework, reading, sports, and interacting with the family and friends declines the more a person is addicted.


Values can be complex or misleading. In some games moral and righteousness are explored others violence and questionable choices. Different video games give this. Because of this values become very difficult to comprehend as the mind overloads in what to think what is right, what is wrong and what is needed to be done.
In some cases, gamers can also have issues in maintaining the right perspective of what is reality and what is fantasy. This is rare and often is only due to an individual having a pre-existing mental disorder, but can possibly cause harm to others.

Finally the last big negativity in gaming. The community. In most cases a gaming community may help a person become better at a game, with better strategies, items or codes to support the games experience. But in a rapidly rising rate, many people have gain a bullying type persona, in other words 'trolls' or 'ragers'. These people have no knowledge of support the experience of a community but rather degrades it with negative comments and attitudes causing real emotional and mental stress to others. Gaming communities such as this always have people such as this, and have ruined and hurt many people.

-Alex
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