Dr. Alok Kanojia

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One is that it gives us pleasure and it takes away pain.

And that's absolutely what video games do.

So they activate our dopaminergic circuitry, our nucleus accumbens, which sort of gives us reward, behavioral reinforcement, anticipation.

We see all of that with substance use.

And they also suppress our amygdala and our limbic system, which are the parts of our brain that experience negative emotions.

So if I'm having a bad day and I start playing a video game, I will forget my troubles.

And that's literally what happened to me in college.

The more that I started failing, the harder it was to face failure and the further I retreated into gaming.

So I think we sort of see that.

But forget about the academic debate.

The reason that I think it's an addiction is because the parents tell me it is.

And this is where how is a parent supposed to know?

The parent knows, right?

So you know, you trust your instinct and your gut as a parent.

Is this a problem with your kid?

And I tend to trust them.

And they sort of know the difference between, OK, I think it's a little bit too much or this is a serious problem.

And the parents that usually call me are the ones that are quite desperate.

They're like, we've tried everything, including seeing psychiatrists.

And oftentimes what they get is a diagnosis of something like a depression, get started on antidepressant medication.

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