Man thinks he is living inside Grand Theft Auto: sent to psychiatric facility


	Man thinks he is living inside Grand Theft Auto: sent to psychiatric facility

Mohir

6-30-2007 1:49 PM

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computers, video games, psychology

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7-2-2007 5:32 AM

mona

7-2-2007 5:39 AM

Deepti

how terrible....

7-2-2007 5:44 AM

thefoxalmighty

that game was addictive .. Yes .. but i never thot it d go this serious...

Beware of VDO games.. if u tend to get too involved in it, try fishing or swimming for a change,

7-2-2007 5:50 AM

JohnWaterman

My son has OCD (obsessive, compulsive disorder) - for him these types of games are seriously bad news.

7-2-2007 8:11 PM

axelsenzon

this kid clearly has a brain disorder, probably schizophrenia, which seems to have evolved due to these games (if he's not a phony) but my question is, why didn't his parents do anything before if he was psychotically symptomatic 2 years before this happened?

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