Children addicted to video games ran away from home in the middle of the night to find WiFi when parents turned their internet connection off, says expert::Children have been found sitting by the front door of random homes, desperately trying to tap into the owner’s WiFi connection.
There can be mental addictions, but older generations don’t tend to care unless it’s something they don’t like.
I don’t feel like I was addicted to games growing up, but I know I was using them for escapism. Nobody from the outside would have looked any farther than “you spend X amount a day playing games”, and ignore why I felt the need for it.
Too many self important people act like addiction is a personal failing when it’s usually somone trying to find some relief in a society that has failed them.