{"id":13480,"date":"2021-03-08T09:40:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T09:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/dr-k-shares-own-video-game-addiction-experience"},"modified":"2024-07-19T20:16:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:16:30","slug":"dr-k-shares-own-video-game-addiction-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/dr-k-shares-own-video-game-addiction-experience","title":{"rendered":"Dr. K shares own video game addiction experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Alok Kanojia, who some gamers or Twitch viewers might know best as Dr. K<\/a>, recently shared his very own video game addiction experience with viewers. Dr. K, for those who don’t know, is an American psychiatrist and co-founder of Healthy Gamer, and he talks about very interesting topics on Twitch regarding mental health, for example, when Alinity opened up to him on stream<\/a> following tonnes of harassment.<\/p>\n

Dr. K shares video game addiction story<\/h2>\n

In a recent Healthy Gamer stream, Dr. K shared his own experience with video game addiction, presumably when he was still studying to become a psychiatrist.<\/p>\n

Video game addiction can, of course, become a serious problem, just like any other form of addiction. For Dr. K, his experience revolved around skipping classes to play Diablo for hours on end.<\/p>\n

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Dr. K explained: “When I am like, skipping all my classes for a week to play Diablo, like, I know there’s a problem.<\/p>\n

“That’s actually what was the vicious cycle. I knew it was a problem. I could see my future slipping away from me one day at a time.”<\/p>\n

Dr. K continued by explaining how he thought of his future slipping away was so painful that he used video games as an escape mechanism. <\/p>\n

The shame caused a vicious cycle, as he continued to play another day, and another day. Dr. K explains: “Every step I take, I get deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole.”<\/p>\n

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Video game addiction is a serious topic. Although some might believe things such as video game addiction to be fake or not severe, the World Health Organization’s ICD-11<\/a> actually classified  “Gaming Disorder” as a mental health condition back in June 2018.<\/p>\n

Gaming Disorder is basically severe gaming addiction, which patterns of behaviour lasting for at least 12 months.<\/p>\n