Hm, in my observations and reflections, most addictions are in part coping mechanisms for something else. So I think what he's saying about treating the gaming

Hm, in my observations and reflections, most addictions are in part coping mechanisms for something else. So I think what he's saying about treating the gaming "addiction" without attention to the underlying trauma being coped with -- probably applies to actual/other addiction too, rather than being a distinction?