PLAYSTATION THUMB Early research conducted in the 1990s indicates that a significant amount of female subjects affected by the PlayStation Thumb are having more pleasurable orgasms. The deformed finger is used by some as an organic dildo. The peculiar shape of the finger makes it apparently easier to reach the g-spot. The repeated movements – hysterical, frenzied fidgeting – is particularly common after consumption of alcohol beverages, which may suggest a correlation. It has been observed that, in some cases, subjects penetrate their own orifices with game controllers. Interestingly, after reaching the climax, they experience what has been called a post-ludus triste condition. In fact, the disorder is linked to significantly diminished quality of life and can be co-morbid with major depressive disorder and social phobia, also known as chronic social anxiety. With a completed-suicide rate more than double that of major depression (three to four times that of manic depression) and a suicidal ideation rate of around 80%, extreme cases of PlayStation Thumb linked with dissociation can be considered a risk factor for suicide; however, many cases of PlayStation Thumb are treated with medication and counseling. Such disquieting diorama of pain and self-inflicted bodily and mental abuse is now a major cause of concern in Great Britain, Scandinavia, and South Africa.  — 3 Symptoms of “PlayStation Thumb” include blisters numbness and tingling, mainly in the thumb, she wrote. BBC News, 23rd June 2005, “Girl probes ‘PlayStation thumb’” 4 Playstation thumb was common in this survey. Although RSI is not new, in the past it occurred mainly among adults. Today computers and computer games are creating new medical problems, such as playstation thumb, which are becoming common in children.Karim S. A. (2005), “Playstation Thumb – a New Epidemic in Children”, South African Medical Journal, 95(6), 412. —        

PLAYSTATION THUMB

Early research conducted in the 1990s indicates that a significant amount of female subjects affected by the PlayStation Thumb are having more pleasurable orgasms. The deformed finger is used by some as an organic dildo. The peculiar shape of the finger makes it apparently easier to reach the g-spot. The repeated movements – hysterical, frenzied fidgeting – is particularly common after consumption of alcohol beverages, which may suggest a correlation. It has been observed that, in some cases, subjects penetrate their own orifices with game controllers. Interestingly, after reaching the climax, they experience what has been called a post-ludus triste condition. In fact, the disorder is linked to significantly diminished quality of life and can be co-morbid with major depressive disorder and social phobia, also known as chronic social anxiety. With a completed-suicide rate more than double that of major depression (three to four times that of manic depression) and a suicidal ideation rate of around 80%, extreme cases of PlayStation Thumb linked with dissociation can be considered a risk factor for suicide; however, many cases of PlayStation Thumb are treated with medication and counseling. Such disquieting diorama of pain and self-inflicted bodily and mental abuse is now a major cause of concern in Great Britain, Scandinavia, and South Africa. 

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3 Symptoms of “PlayStation Thumb” include blisters numbness and tingling, mainly in the thumb, she wrote. 
BBC News, 23rd June 2005, “Girl probes ‘PlayStation thumb’”

4 Playstation thumb was common in this survey. Although RSI is not new, in the past it occurred mainly among adults. Today computers and computer games are creating new medical problems, such as playstation thumb, which are becoming common in children.
Karim S. A. (2005), “Playstation Thumb – a New Epidemic in Children”, South African Medical Journal, 95(6), 412.

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