How Do You Know if You or Someone else Has a Problem with Video Games? | Episode 1

how do I know if I have a problem so or in parents cases like how do I know if I in parents cases like how do I know if I can has a problem and the short answer can has a problem and the short answer that I have is that if it causes a that I have is that if it causes a problem it is a problem so if it's problem it is a problem so if it's affecting me with summary then I think affecting me with summary then I think it's a problem if it's affecting your it's a problem if it's affecting your academics if it's affecting your academics if it's affecting your professional success if it's affecting professional success if it's affecting your relationships if it's affecting your relationships if it's affecting your physical health if it's affecting your physical health if it's affecting your mental health then it is a problem your mental health then it is a problem and in the field of Psychiatry we don't and in the field of Psychiatry we don't have like diagnostic tests we don't do have like diagnostic tests we don't do blood tests we don't have X have used blood tests we don't have X have used sometimes to memorize and stuff but for sometimes to memorize and stuff but for the most part like you know how do we the most part like you know how do we know if someone is depressed or they're know if someone is depressed or they're just sad like how did you draw that line just sad like how did you draw that line and the short answer is if it causes a and the short answer is if it causes a problem it is a problem if you're sad problem it is a problem if you're sad that's kind of okay but if you're so sad that's kind of okay but if you're so sad that you can't go to work if you're so that you can't go to work if you're so sad that you can't you know be the sad that you can't you know be the person that you need to be for your person that you need to be for your spouse or your kids then we call that spouse or your kids then we call that depression and I think the same line depression and I think the same line exists for videogames so I think in exists for videogames so I think in short if you guys are seeing impacts in short if you guys are seeing impacts in terms of your child's performance at terms of your child's performance at school if you're seeing impacts in terms school if you're seeing impacts in terms of life who they are at home and this is

of life who they are at home and this is a common complaint that I sort of get a common complaint that I sort of get from parents and I sometimes ask them from parents and I sometimes ask them when your child plays a video game do when your child plays a video game do they become someone else like do they they become someone else like do they get really irritable do they get super get really irritable do they get super moody do they become completely moody do they become completely disrespectful in a big conversation that disrespectful in a big conversation that I have a lot of parents is like asking I have a lot of parents is like asking you know they kind of come up with you know they kind of come up with question of like where did my child go question of like where did my child go like that's not the kid that they were like that's not the kid that they were like two years ago they're not your like two years ago they're not your child and according to come somewhere child and according to come somewhere else they get so engrossed in the video else they get so engrossed in the video game that they don't even seem like game that they don't even seem like themselves and if that's what you guys themselves and if that's what you guys are facing that I definitely think it's are facing that I definitely think it's problem