The World Health Organization has proposed adding gaming disorder to its updated comprehensive manual of disease classifications on Monday.
Makes sense. Have seen some articles where people neglect their new born babies because they are playing WOW or something.
That’s not a disease. That’s an idiot who shouldn’t have been a parent in the first place.
Gaming is great but not if it rules your whole life and you stop functioning as a normal human being.
Couldn’t agree more. Aspiring parents should be screened before allowing insemination and fertilisation of the ovum 
With regards to the article, I think the inclusion of Gaming Disorder as an addiction is progress. Crazy people do crazy things; certain people develop addictions. Let’s not debate why that happens. These people need help to manage their addictions. We’ve all dreamt about playing games 24/7 without a worry in life (can’t just be me???), but none of us do it (okay, maybe once in a while, for a day or 3, I hope not longer…). We eat, we sleep, we work, we care for those around us, we still perform our expected social roles. We don’t need help to shutdown our devices.
Hard to believe there are people out there that get lost in gaming so much that they disregard all other aspects of their being, up to a point where they start damaging themselves and the people around them.
That’s a disease. Whether it should be treated with medication or physical measures is debatable.
I tend to lean towards physical interventions: smack some sense into them, smash their gaming device into oblivion (or perform distributive justice measures and place the device into protective custody - I’ll perform my social duties and take care of some), and then obviously some good old psychotherapy.
We just shouldn’t go all “millennial” on them: give them medication, give them candy, rub their backs, give them hugs 
I have an addiction to gaming, but I wouldn’t class it as a disease, at least not for myself.
Though, calling it an “addiction” in my case, may be an exaggeration.
Phrasing it as a “love for videogames” rather than an “addiction to videogames”, is more appropriate.
drug addicts also have a love for cocaine and other drugs 
aah yes. sounds like my love for weed.
Can I claim disability for this “disorder”? 
I’d probably just spend it on more games though.
Hmm, Sounds like denial. 