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Dear Teentalker,

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your concerns.   With the plethora of video games available today, it is quite natural to want to try and play those games, since they do help building in certain skill sets, however, when taken, to an extreme, it can become a matter of concern.   However, gaming by itself is not such a bad thing, after all there are advantages of playing video games and it is important to know what those are so that you make the most of your time and resources.  

Positive Side:

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Dear Teentalker,

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your concerns.   With the plethora of video games available today, it is quite natural to want to try and play those games, since they do help building in certain skill sets, however, when taken, to an extreme, it can become a matter of concern.   However, gaming by itself is not such a bad thing, after all there are advantages of playing video games and it is important to know what those are so that you make the most of your time and resources.  

Positive Side:

• They can teach knowledge and improve physical and mental skill
• The down side is they can be aggressive and make you spend too much time with them
• Sometimes, kids are not aware of the reason why they like video games
• Video games stimulate curiosity and imagination
• They also strengthen self-esteem as children, overcome challenges, going to a higher game level and discovering what they are capable to achieve.
• Playing video games is a distraction and also an adventure!
• Video games is one of the preferred topics of conversations with friends
• Children exchange tricks and solutions to achieve the objectives of the games when they find difficulty doing it by themselves.

The negative effects of video games are as follows:

• Aggressiveness
• Violence and pornography
• Attention problems:  High speed media content can contribute to attention deficit disorder, as well as decreased concentration and memory.
• Impatient:  New technologies make us more impatient and decrease frustration tolerance.
• Addiction:  The players’ immediate response to stimuli game generates a mini-reward in the form of dopamine (pleasure hormone).
• Sleep deprivation:  Exceeding exposure to entertainment screens produces sleep problems.
• Emission of radiation: In May 2011, the World Health Organization, classified mobile phones and other wireless devices as a class 2B risk (possible carcinogen) due to the emission of electromagnetic radiation.

Ways to overcome this addiction?

Here are some tips:

• While taking break from studies or generally while relaxing, try to use that time to go outdoor and play some sport or try going for a run, or walking in some park or garden nearby.
• Interact with friends and family face-to-face while relaxing. That will help you to stay connected to the real world and be happy as well!
• Being mindful certainly helps. Practicing mindfulness through meditation will not only help you to calm down, but to be more effective, while doing your work and while taking a break as well. To know more about different meditation techniques, please click on the following link: https://www.teentalkindia.com/mindfulness
• To Know more about dealing with addiction, please read the following articles: https://www.teentalkindia.com/explore/addiction/5-times-you-were-tricked-by-apps-to-stay-longer-on-your-phone ( 5 times you were tricked by apps to stay longer on your phone) and https://www.teentalkindia.com/explore/addiction/5-times-you-should-not-use-your-mobile-phone ( 5 times you should not use your mobile phone).

Hope this helps, if you have any other query do connect online for chat between 11am-8pm or drop us an offline message.

Regards,

Expert Teentalk India