Typical behaviours associated with gaming addiction include many hours spent playing, falling asleep at
school, not keeping-up with assignments, declining grades, lies about video game use, playing video games
rather than seeing friends, dropping out of social groups, and irritability or animosity when not playing
video games (Orzack, 2003). Medical symptoms may also include carpal tunnel syndrome, sleep
disturbances, back and neck aches, headaches, dry eyes, neglect of personal hygiene, or failure to eat
regularly. Although video game addiction may result in less time for homework, it is difficult to associate
addiction and time management, because addiction can also be linked to other and diverse factors such as
depression, anxiety, or genetic disposition.