According to UK threapist Steve Pope, who is a member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists), with a B.A. in Law, an Advanced Certificate in Counselling and a Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy, "spending two hours on a game station is equivalent to taking a line of cocaine in the high it produces."
Now I'm sorry, but this is simply crazy. Ok, so this guy has some serious qualifications, but really? Either this is the worst coke ever seen on the entire planet, or it's the most amazing video game ever created, we just haven't heard about it yet. This really did shock me, and I think it annoys me how ignorant some people can be on the issue. No way in hell should 2 hours of gaming ever be compared to 1 line of coke, and I know that with zero medical qualifications. What are your thoughts?
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i would of thought more so the addictiveness of games is comparable to the addiction to drugs lol
you should see the rage on friends i know when there net goes down YLOD etc almost equal to when they can't pick up any goodies lol
so i get where your coming from...
It's hard to believe, but it makes me curious as to why someone with such high qualifications would state this.. Maybe there is some truth to the statement but it has been made bigger or it's changed from what he originally stated. Does make you wonder though..
And yet I bet you this "therapist" with a "bunch of PhD's" hasn't even sniffed coke or played video games. No, I take that back. Maybe he played the NES, but not any games that could get you high.