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[Hajo]

One person I know had a seizure after walking through a forest in the late afternoon, with the bright sun flashing between the tree trunks.

Car rides through leaf-less forests with sun low in sky shining from side-front (relative to the car) are definitely worse. makes me wonder how this person will survive such if a walk is so bad already ...

[rob]

I get terrible migraines.

[Melly]

If you're spending too much time on the compy get a LCD monitor. They're much easier on the eyes than a CRT. Since I've gotten my own computer I've started noticing the bad effects of a CRT so I'm going to do the switch very soon.

I can't remember having bad health issues with games or computers. I do remember it being around the time I was addicted to my Genesis that my eyesight began to drop and I had to start using glasses, which I still do today. Of COURSE my parents blamed them vidyagamus, but every eye doctor told me it's genetic and videogames or no videogames I'd have been a four-eyes.

[A Jumping Matchbox Bandit]

I once got a twitch on my lower eyelid from FPSs  , you can get rid of it through taking  powdered magnesium, it's really good for your muscles, it helped me anyway. I think it was a sign I was playing too much Counter Strike.

[policedanceclub]

I just attempted to play Noctis, and as a result got incredibly nauseous and almost vomitted.
Ugh.

[ElTipejoLoco]

The closest I've gotten to a 'health problem' while gaming were those darn "spin the joystick as fast as you can" mini-games in the N64 Mario Parties.

I used the palm of my right hand and blistered (practically tore apart the skin) the center of my palm when doing those mini-games. 'course, I never lost thanks to that (and also had a huge FlyGuy record in whatever game that came out on).

Eventually I started to use a sponge-glove, but then THAT got a hole torn in it too.

So yeeeahh...

That aside, you're supposed to get a headache if you're playing a game non-stop for 2 hours, possibly unblinking. But what do you expect?

[konjak]

I get pissed easily and I get twitches from that. Imagine me sitting perfectly still with just a twitching eyelid. I think I somehow repress some anger still, even with the anger I already exert.

I shouldn't play games... 

[Renton]

I don't get pissed at games. It's usually smooth sailing for me, but if I can't do something in a game in a few tries and start feeling angry, I just drop the game for a few hours/days. No point in gaming if you're not gonna have fun.

[Marmaduke Slam]

Games are pretty much the only things I get angry at. If I just can't do something the rage wells up pretty fast. I haven't thrown any controllers or anything, I just leave the game before I do.

[Renton]

I hit the table sometimes. Not too hard. That's usually the "quit the game" limit for me.

[Fuzz]

I swear quietly at myself if there's other people in the house, otherwise I yell. Eventually it turns into a philosophical debate with myself about whether I am inadequate at this game or if it is theoretically possible for me to do it but will take hours or whether I'm just exaggerating and the whole thing is hyperbole. I then sometimes get depressed for a couple hours and need to do something that does not require skill. This only ever happens with really annoyingly difficult games, though.

[ElTipejoLoco]

I recall that when I was little, winning at Super Mario Kart turned into a theological thing, spouting things such as "God, I'll build you a church if you let me beat Bowser's Castle 3".



I'm not sure anger issues count as health issues until we start bursting blood vessels or harming ourselves in the process, though. I'd draw the line at projectile vomiting due to rage and episodes involving suddenly waking up in an alley covered in somebody else's blood.