ANNA L. MEENAN, MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine ku Rockford, Rockford, Illinois
Nayi zitsanzo zomwe mwina mwawonapo muofesi yanu: wachinyamata kapena wachikulire, nthawi zambiri wamwamuna, yemwe amalephera mwadzidzidzi pamoyo. Atha kukhala ndi mavuto a mkwiyo, kusintha kwa umunthu, kugona komanso kugona. Atha kukhala kuti ali ndi maphunziro abwino kusukulu ndipo pano akulephera maphunziro ake onse. Sikuthamanga ndi gulu loipa; M'malo mwake, sakuthamanga ndi gulu lililonse. Nthawi zambiri amakhala kunyumba, akusewera pa kompyuta. Amati ali bwino ndipo amakana kukhumudwa. Mayeso a mankhwala osokoneza bongo amabweranso opanda nkhawa. Mutha kukhala mutayikiratu antidepressants kapena zopatsa mphamvu mphamvu ya kukhumudwa kapena chidwi-kuchepera / Hyperactivity matenda, koma sanayankhe. Wodwala uyu samachita monga chilichonse chomwe mudawonapo kale.
Mnyamata uyu atha kukhala wosewera masewera olimbitsa thupi ambiri (MMORPG), pomwe osewera amadzipangira okha ndikulowerera m'dziko lazolakwika pa intaneti. Ma MMORPG amaseweredwa pamakompyuta amtundu wa anthu, mosemphana ndi masewera a kutonthoza (mwachitsanzo, X-Box, Playstation), omwe sapereka mayanjano amtundu wa MMORPG ndipo adapangidwa kuti akhale ndi mathero ake. Pakhala lipoti loti anthu azitha kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo, koma ma MMORPG omwe ali ndi makompyuta amakhala ndi chiopsezo chachikulu. Pakadali pano, pali olemba mamiliyoni aku 12.5 mamiliyoni a MMORPG padziko lonse lapansi.1 Pamene kutchuka kwa masewerawa kukukulira, vuto la masewera okakamiza pa intaneti lakula.
Ma MMORPG apangidwa kuti athe kufuna kuti azisewera nthawi yambiri ndikukwaniritsa golide, zida, maluso, komanso mphamvu zambiri m'dziko lapansi. Pamilingo yayikulu kwambiri, osewera ayenera kulumikizana kukhala magulu kuti apite pazoyeserera kapena zowombera zomwe zingafune 10 kapena maola ochulukirapo akusewera, osewera ena akunena kuti amasewera maola a 70 sabata iliyonse.2 Osewera ambiri amatha kusewera mosavutikira ndipo alibe vuto, koma owerengera mpaka 20 peresenti ya osewera amasewera mpaka kupatula zinthu zofunika monga ntchito, sukulu, udindo wabanja, ngakhale kudya ndi kugona.3 Malipoti a mabanja omwe alephera, mabanja osasamaliridwa, ntchito, ntchito yophunzitsidwa, komanso kudzipha kwawonekeranso m'mabuku azachipatala komanso kwa atolankhani.4 Kuyesayesa kuti musiye kusewera kumatha kubweretsa vuto lochotsa magazi lomwe limakhala lopuma, kukhumudwa, maloto owoneka bwino pamasewera, mkwiyo, komanso kugona kwambiri.5 Vutoli ndilofunika kwambiri ku China ndi South Korea, komwe maboma akhazikitsa malire pazomwe azisewera ndipo zipatala zothandizidwa ndi boma zatsegulidwa. Boma la China lati 13 mwa anthu 18 aliwonse omwe amagwiritsa ntchito intaneti ochepera zaka XNUMX ali osokoneza bongo pa intaneti.6
Anthu omwe ali ndi vutoli amawonetsa mikhalidwe yomwe nthawi zambiri imalumikizidwa ndi kudalira mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndi mowa, kuphatikiza kufunikira kowonjezera chiwopsezo cha zinthuzi (mwachitsanzo, masewerawa), kukana zoyipa zomwe zimabweretsa m'miyoyo yawo, mobwerezabwereza kuyesa kusiya kusewera, ndikupitilizabe kusewera poyang'anizana ndi zovuta zazikulu monga chisudzulo, kuchotsedwa ntchito, ndi kulephera kwa sukulu.6 Matendawa sanatchulidwebe mu Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, omwe adasindikizidwa komaliza zaka za 10 zapitazo, koma ndikofunikira kuti asing'anga am'banja azindikire vutoli ndikufunsa za nthawi yomwe adasewera kusewera masewera apakompyuta apa Internet posanthula wodwala yemwe amawonetsa zizindikiro zosafotokozeredwa kapena zosagwirizana ndi kukhumudwa, nkhawa, kapena kugona tulo, kapena ntchito, banja, kapena mavuto kusukulu. Odwala ayenera kutumizidwa kwa othandizira odwala matenda amisala. Chithandizo cha kukonza mkati ndi kunja kwa thupi chilipo, monga momwe ziliri pa On-Line Gamers Anonymous, pulogalamu yothandizira pa intaneti komanso kuchira yochokera pa mtundu wa 12-step (http://www.olganonboard.org).
Kulembera makalata kwa Anna L. Meenan, MD, pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa]. Zolemba sizipezeka kuchokera kwa wolemba.
Kuwulura wolemba: Palibe choti chiwulule.
cholembedwa ndi mkonzi: Dr. Meenan ndi wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa On-Line Gamers Anonymous World Services, Inc.
ZOKHUDZA
1. Kulembetsa kwathunthu kwa MMOG. Idapezeka pa Seputembara 19, 2007, pa: http: //mmogchart.com….
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