There seems to be a new addiction epidemic; I wonder if its airborne?

An Italian boy has been diagnosed with “PlayStation addiction” following a marathon gaming session.

Addiction, as a mental illness, does not exist. The mendacity of psychiatry does not absolve one from responsibility over one’s action.

There is nothing special about the decision process of the supposed addict or the clinically normal person. There are only opportunity costs that face the individual in a decision. These costs are subjective; only knowable to the individual with which they reside.

I recall watching an interview with a homeless man and user of meth. They were asking the man why he continues to live on the streets, beg for money and forsake a normal life. He responded by saying that this was the best time in his life; he had no responsibility and was high everyday.

It may seem strange to the outside observer but this man made a choice like everyone other living person. However, unlike most other people, the value he placed on having no responsibility and being high were vastly different than most other people. Going to college, having children, having ten children, drinking coffee, working-out and using your headlights during the day are all decisions people make everyday. And everyday, opposing choices are made; some work-out, some don’t. Maybe the man who works next to a gym and has a propensity towards muscle building will work-out while the man that must commute a long ways to the gym and doesn’t care if his body more closely resembles a church bell than an hourglass, chooses to not work-out.

No one questions either because both are socially acceptable today. Only the extreme behaviour seems to come under the microscope of the monastic order of medicine.

A child plays playstation for “too” long and is now suffering from a mental illness?