That mother has got to be the dumbest parent I’ve ever seen. Seriously woman, use some discipline! Stop the account, unplug the computer, hire a therapist, but don’t just sit there and whine. And fix your teeth while you’re at it.
What is she talking about? The DSM is the psychiatrist’s bible, not the psychologists’ bible. Psychologists use formulations to conceptualise their client’s problems, not some diagnostic criteria made up by American Psychiatrists to emulate physical problems.
(At least in my fantasy world and my practice)
Cathy, are you a psychiatrist or a psychologist?
This seems to be a self-limiting problem (unless the parents continue to support him financially).
The real world will be knocking on his door soon – his old friends, his need to get a job. And he must be having emerging, um, physical desires which cannot be satisfied with a computer.
I think it will run it’s course. He will wake up one day soon and realize that he’s wasting his life (not that the game itself is a waste, but that he’s missing everything else in life). Upon realizing that, he will drop the game cold-turkey and not look back. It will be easy and a relief. True self-realization is the easiest way to make a change in life.
British people really do have bad teeth! 
In all seriousness, I agree with Matt. Her situation is akin to regularly buying her 16 year old cocaine, complaining when he gets addicted, and then still buying it for him. She might want to try actually parenting her kid, instead of whining to news channels.
Or an uncle teaching a 2 and 5 year old to smoke pot
Psychologist
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It doesn’t have to be that way, though. There must be something else wrong with him, because I play WoW 2-3 hours a week and keep a healthy life.
They’re Australian.
I’m ging to show this to my brother though, he plays far too much WoW.
Another of our mates seems to do nothing but play this game. At the end of last summer his skin was completely white because he’d barely ben outdoors all summer.
Crrackers!
Australians are just British convicts anyway. Same thing.
Nah mate, they eat this weird stuff called vegemite.
Marmite all the way!
Zomg He doesnt even use hotkeys!!! lol lol rofl stupid noob king i would soo pawn his ass.
Who uses the mouse at the high end of the game? must be a noob, quick someone pawn him before i have to.
You would sell his ass? That’s illegal over here. You might mean pwn.
I was actually thinking that too. >.>
You know he was kidding, right? I just wanna make sure.
I knew he was kidding in general.
I meant about spelling it wrong. It’s another one of those inside jokes.
I see…crazy WoW nerds.
Fcken Noob, get off the General.