I wouldn't say gaming causes depression. I see it as the depressed indulging in escapism through gaming.
Depression in gamers
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It's probably a generalisation made by people in tucked away offices based on the trend of gamers generally having worse social skills, which results in an overall negative feedback from society in the form of social standing, job performance etc. It's small variables like this that people usually make such claims from anyway.
Isn't that a bit of a strong reaction? I mean he may mean that in a sarcastic way, why else would he come to a video games forum to bash them?AkJay said:
Well i'm going to go ahead and take a guess here, its likely the people who wrote whatever article you got that from flipped the data to make video games appear negative.
It probably is true that a large deal of gamers as a collective group get depressed rather than other groups of people.
Though this is much more likely because they feel depressed they wish to avoid other people, but of course we as humans like social interaction and thus we turn towards simulated or online interactions, a.k.a. videogames.
in short; its much more likely that depressed people people are more likely to turn to gaming rather than that gamers are more likely to be depressed.
It probably is true that a large deal of gamers as a collective group get depressed rather than other groups of people.
Though this is much more likely because they feel depressed they wish to avoid other people, but of course we as humans like social interaction and thus we turn towards simulated or online interactions, a.k.a. videogames.
in short; its much more likely that depressed people people are more likely to turn to gaming rather than that gamers are more likely to be depressed.
eye c wut u did thar.MancalaManiac said:
OT: Correlation =/= causation. Much more likely that depressed people turn to games. and then someone (Ahem, major news corporations) decides to make a big fuss about the games.
I get 'iffy' when I play games to long because it probably means I haven't had any real food sleep or direct sunlight, these three things when taken regularly are supposed to make you happy.
All about moderation.
All about moderation.
I'm not sure that's entirely true, but I guess gamers are more likely to be depressed, especially when they realise they are rejecting things they shouldn't for games.
Yes. I can believe this. I have a depressive mentality and an addictive personality. Mix that with shutin society of gaming and you have one hell of a bender. I try to put it down and do something else, get out or i would break down.
According to the members of this site, yeeeeah man!
I personally am not a depressed person though, so I can't really pass judgement.
I personally am not a depressed person though, so I can't really pass judgement.
kinda, but I dont feel totally down, just a steady stream of being bored sometimes, But when i play games with friends that feeling goes away completely 
after a vehicle accident involving my mom and step-dad, me being medically discharged from the army, losing my job, undergoing surgery, and my fiancee leaving me, all i really had left was playing a game online every now and then. so i'm not sure, i'm depressed, and i game, but i'm not sure that the correlation leads to causation.
