Comment on Instagram boss: 16 hours of daily use is not addiction

• lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m not trolling. I’m trying to get you to think about what you’re saying. I’m hoping if you do, you’ll realize that doctors have to base their diagnosis on “I want to stop but I can’t” and that’s all. Unless it’s something like drinking or drugs that can kill you or harm others, they can’t help some one who says they don’t have a problem.

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  • mrbutterscotch@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well if you’re honestly not trolling…

    I don’t have to think about what I’m saying because I know that this:

    “doctors have to base their diagnosis on “I want to stop but I can’t” and that’s all.”

    is not true.

    Do you seriously believe psychiatrists only have this one determining factor to decide if someone is addicted to something?

    The ICD-11, which is what is relevant where I’m from, states Gaming Addiction as a behavioral addiction for which one diagnostic criteria is preoccupation which is determined by how often you play games.

    To be fair the DSM-5(American Psychiatric Association) lists gaming addiction in it’s ‘more research needed’ section and hasn’t yet determined diagnostic criteria for gaming addiction specifically. But it does have the behavioral addiction of gambling, in which preoccupation is also one of these criteria.

    I don’t know what else to tell you other than that the information you have or where it comes from is simply not true, I’m sorry.

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    • lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s interesting. How many times does the DSM-5 say you can gamble before you have an addiction?

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      • mrbutterscotch@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Interesting. How many times do I have to explain the concept of needing multiple criteria in order to diagnose addiction for you to understand it?

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