Get this: doctors in Italy diagnosed a 13 year old with “Playstation Addiction”. The kid, Lorenzo Amato, was originally thought to have suffered a stroke or a severe brain disorder by the doctors after the father brought him in.

This was concluded because of symptoms of lack of speech and lack of comprehension of his surroundings.

Later, when the doctors discovered that Lorenzo had completed a Playstation marathon, they declared it an addiction to the console.

“They eventually managed to take care of him once they understood that this was a strange kind of mental detachment connected to his Playstation,” said local politician Antonio Buccoliero who’d conversed with the doctors.

Saying that “If I even think about it I want to throw up,” Lorenzo instructed his father to discard of the system.

I bet I’m not the only bemoaning the loss of the console and wondering what’s in the head of some kids these days.