"Video game addiction isn't real" and "porn addiction isn't real" takes miss the point. There's a real phenomenon, and it has little to do with video games or porn in particular. We need a new concept and a new word for it: how about "escape addiction"?
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But all simulation and escapism is inherently sterile...it can't generate any novel experience or emotions. After all, if you are trying to escape from something, new and unexpected experiences reintroduce the threat of this source of avoidance.
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Curiously, what first helped me deal with attempts to substitute simulation>reality was playing multiple games in a row that happened to have extremely meta plotlines, questioning character / player agency (and even implicating you for participating in the simulation at all)
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