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I am doing research about a case where I player in a video game used the game as an escape to reality and in turn, the player ended up commiting suicide because he did not take proper steps to ensure mental stability.
Can game addiction lead to suicide? Give your opinions on the subject for a research paper I am doing.
I think that in fact in most cases the mental problem came first, and the addiction was developed as an adaptative means to deal with the stress caused by the mental instability.
I think that you should treat the initial problem first, which would be the mental issues, before you can accuse the addiction (in this case to video games) for causing the end result.
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