I know a couple of pro gamers not personally but i know for a fact they play fighting games for like 6-7 hours a day for like a week straight, for months at a time.
They only play 1 game or the games they're playing in, and some don't like to call themselves gamers because they make a career out of it, only playing those fighting games and not really much else.
They don't spend all their time just gaming, they travel and make connections and whatever else normal people do, but sometimes most of what they do is gaming some of their lives revolved around it.
So my question is, is the only difference between someone having a gaming mental illness and being normal, is to be the undisputed champion or winner?
Does someone who practices singing for 7 hours day for a week straight have a mental disorder?
Is someone who plays the guitar for 10 hours a day obsessed?
These are acceptable because they're considered tools towards a future career, everyone should know it's common sense that anything excessive is bad for you.
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Also, as a consideration, why is GAMING considered a problem, but bot something like, say, Netflix, or TV, or Social Media?