Dr. Alok Kanojia
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459 appearances
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first heard Mar 2024
last heard Mar 2024
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And the other cool thing about video games is that in the rest of the world, right, so like in studying and stuff like I am inferior to my peers, it's harder for me to attain academic success.
But in the video game, when I'm playing a game like Fortnite or something like that, where fast reflexes, a very dynamic mind, those are things that I can compete and even excel.
So I've worked with professional gamers.
These are like esports teams and stuff like that.
And the incidence of ADHD is like two or three times the population.
We've also worked with 500 streamers at Healthy Gamer.
And, you know, the rate of ADHD is through the roof because it's actually a competitive advantage in the streaming and esports world.
It allows them to excel.
And what kid who is struggling in life would not love that?
So I love how you view that as respectful.
That wasn't what I was trying to do.
We do this because it's the only thing that works.
Okay.
So my day job is as an addiction psychiatrist.
And there is one very simple lesson that I've learned.
It applies to 100% of the patients I've worked with, okay?
You cannot force sobriety on someone else.
The person must want to be sober if you want any kind of sustained sobriety.
So the basic challenge that parents face right now is that the parent wants the child to have a healthier relationship with gaming.
The child sees the parent as the enemy.
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