<p>So why are some people more easily addicted to activities/things in general than others? Do those people lead a different lifestyle or is it just lax parenting?</p>
<p>Are people who are addicted to games just more pleasure oriented that others, for example?</p>
<p>like almost everything nowadays, there’s both a genetic component and an environmental component.</p>
<p>I’m addict–I’m addicted to you…</p>
<p>This is the kind of broad topic that people spend years researching and writing their dissertations on… I don’t think I’m capable of producing a sufficient response ;)</p>
<p>Haha mcb, that’s the first thing that came to mind for me too.</p>
<p>I think that in the case of video games, it’s the lifestyle that causes the addiction. How you look at a video game (waste of life as opposed to something fun) affects your ability to control or prevent an addiction.</p>
<p>[Big</a> mystery: What causes addiction? - Other - MSNBC.com](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3076712/]Big”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3076712/)</p>
<p>very interesting report</p>