Hooked: How Common Obsessions Lead to Depression
<p>Gregory is an intelligent and kind young man in his mid-20s. At age 16, he dropped out of school. He still lives with his mother. Suffering from anxiety and depression, he has worked a smattering of entry-level, part-time jobs…none lasting more than a few months.</p>
<p>Gregory’s main preoccupation? Video games. He plays them for hours on end, every day and into the wee hours of the morning.</p>
<p>It would be easy to dismiss Gregory — whose name has been changed here to protect his identity — as just another lazy, unmotivated poster boy for Gen Z. But the fact is, you may be more similar to Gregory than you think.</p>
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