According to an interview with the Boston Globe, psychiatrist Dr. Jerald Block, says that his clients are more ashamed of a WoW addiction than a porn addition.

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BLOCK: Some people come in for trouble with Internet porn. But the computer gamers tend to be harder to treat. People feel a lot of shame around computer games. Whereas, it's socially acceptable to have a porn problem.

IDEAS: You can't be serious. You mean your clients are more ashamed of ...

BLOCK: ...playing World of Warcraft than looking at porn. Yes.

IDEAS: Why?

BLOCK: As a society we understand that porn is something people do, and you can see a psychiatrist and get treated for it. But gaming is hard to describe to anyone else. So these people can't explain their situation to friends. In fact, it's hard to give you an example of what my clients talk about, because gaming is enormously complicated.

As much progress, and acceptance as gamers are getting these days, we apparently have quite a way to go.

[Yes, I am aware the screen is for the WoW TCG, I dig rogues with poisoned daggers - sue me.]