Teen "imprisoned" inside video games

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Amman - Samir Abdullah, the father of three children, did not believe that his son Raad is at the age of adolescence, who spends long hours on video games, will enter the stage of "addiction", as this was evident through his isolation and permanent adherence to electronic devices and sitting in his room alone.This comes at a time when he read a recent news stating that the World Health Organization ranked addiction to computer games "addictive behavior", so that phrase stopped him and felt very afraid of him..

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What happened with his son, I feel confused while seeing his son lives inside his own world, rejecting the family of social duties, and even going out with his friends, all of this so that he does not have to leave video games, and if he goes out he starts with "zen" that he wants to go home, nothing attracts his attentionOnly completing the stages of his game, and starting with others.

The father decided to read this news in front of his children, as well as conducting a simple research on the seriousness of diseases that occur as a result of this addiction and arrived with them after a long discussion of reducing the period in playing for more than half, and that the family have other activities after completing the duties and playing the ball and some gamesTraditional and popular.

Raad, the eldest son says, “When I heard what my father said about the damages and seriousness of these games, I thought it was easy to reduce the hours of play..However, my nervousness, tension, and need increased to sit, play and pass all the stages that have become accumulated on me..

He continues, "With this feeling, I made sure that I became addicted to this game despite my belief that it is an entertainment and a matter of changing the atmosphere, but the video games fully governed me," which he tried to gradually solve in cooperation with the rest of the family, and it was very difficult at the beginning..

The World Health Organization ranked at the beginning of this year, addiction to computer games as a recognized disease, and added it to the eleventh international classification of diseases (ICD-11), which the organization was developing for a period of 10 years.

This came in a message published by the organization on its website that shows its classification of this disease as "addictive behavior disorder".The same organization had identified several years ago addiction to video games as a separate disease, but it did not offer a general system for diagnosing and treating it.

Experts note that excessive enthusiasm for computer games is accompanied not only by addiction, but also with negative consequences for the health of the child, such as visual impairment, spine curvature and insomnia, and because of excessive enthusiasm for computer games, some children decrease learning skills, and notes irritation and aggression.

In 2019, the first clinical condition was recorded for adolescents to enter the hospital due to video game addiction, and previously, similar cases were already recorded, but with adult players.

Psychologist d.On the invasion it shows that the obsession with adolescents with electronic games affects all social, behavioral, psychological and nervous aspects, indicating the importance of raising awareness of the dangers of this use and its addiction as a disease that requires treatment.

Not paying attention to this addiction, will make everyone pay its effects, according to the invasion, by reviewing medical and psychological clinics, as the constant sitting and the tension that accompanies these games for long hours affects physical, psychological and nervous health..

The invasion is advised that the person who feels addicted to these electronic games should resort to his family and try to search for behavioral treatment before drowning more and more, and that the parents be more assertive in the use of children for the phone and video games on electronic devices, especially since some parents find this an opportunity to work the sonHis time and not devotion to problems and disputes with his brothers, or increasing requests throughout the day, because nothing is busy with him.

He believes that raising families for their children is based on the extra emotion and submission to what the child wants even if it is against his interests psychologically and physically, pointing out that these games show the size of great tension through competition, even the body language has different and his eyes and the movement of his fingers, and this leads to many continuous diseases and neurological diseasesIt means losing at all levels.

Sociology specialist d.Mohamed Greybie agrees with the invasion of the importance of awareness and responsibility that falls on everyone from parents, teachers and educational and societal institutions. The negative impact of this disease and addiction greatly affects society and families..

It shows that this invasion negatively affects young people and adolescents, and the entire family and all social and destination relations that turn into fake relationships..

He notes that video game addiction directly affects social life based on the warmth of feelings and real communication between family members, stressing that this addictive disorder of play makes relationships incomplete under one roof, because the minds, hearts and all the senses are in a specific place and with other people, which increasesIsolation, absence and introverted inside the walls of the house.

Greibi adds that what is happening with young and adolescents needs awareness and education, and to know the methods that contribute to reducing the use of children for these games that have become a disease that may be difficult to treat over time.

But according to Greibi, everything may have a solution, indicating that the treatment of addiction to these behaviors is by giving alternatives, and occupying the mind and thought with what is more socially, psychologically and physically..

A Spanish study also showed that children who play video games for more than an hour a day suffer from behavioral problems, while cognitive abilities may improve for children who are limited to these games on an hour or two per week, including enhancing the response to visual signals.

This requires, according to specialists, that there be greater control by parents on electronic games, their quality and reasons that the children are attached to it and the consequences of all of this, and the importance of directing them towards what provides benefit to their children and develops their abilities away from harmful and psychological and socially exhausting games.