ForceUser

I don't know what it is about MMOs and more specifically WoW, but I really just can't play them without getting addicted and having them consume my thoughts.

I tried the 10 resurrection scroll for Warcraft a few days ago, and I ended up clearing all the new content in a day. What accompanied it though was the same feeling I got when I was addicted, it's like a euphoric state of pleasure and paranoia that I get when playing. Now back when the previous expansion was out and I was clearly addicted to it, the same feeling persisted for me throughout the entire day because I played so much. I was basically always thinking about WoW in some way or another. I was either playing it, reading forum posts on it, or having it consume my thoughts. I think there were a few weeks when every dream I had was about the game, and I thought about it as soon as I woke up.

There's some people that can't get into it like I do, and there's always the people that manage to not get addicted. For me however, I think it's impossible because of the rush I get when playing. I'd really like to find out what causes it, I'm guessing it's the pleasure center of the brain being overloaded due to the sense of achievement and respect the game can give you. I think it'd be real interesting to have some sort of brain scan to see what changes in the brain when one is addicted to WoW, because my state of mind and habits were clearly changed.

To those who say the game isn't a drug, it truly was for me. I could also see that article about WoW being more addictive than cocaine as something highly possible, and I'm not surprised that they opened facilities for WoW addicts.