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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DungeonmasterCal" data-source="post: 1573387" data-attributes="member: 5388">I've known my share of unbalanced folks in my life, and some of them indeed have trouble distinguishing the real from the imagined.  I've gamed with a couple of these individuals, and it's pretty clear (to me, anyway) that D&D was not the cause of their problems, but didn't do anything to help them, either.  Can we blame D&D (or any RPG for that matter) for making their problems worse? I don't think so.  These people are going to look for some sort of outlet that they can latch onto that will enable them to further separate themselves from "the world at large", be it RPG's, television shows, religion, or heavy metal music (for examples).  These things cannot be blamed for causing their issues, but the ones at fault are friends and family who look for any place besides the obvious on which to lay the blame.  We live in a culture where accountability has taken second place to blame and litigation.  No one wants to take the responsibility for their own actions, and seek to find something else to blame it on.  A gamer who has some emotional, social or even mental disorders might indeed have a hard time separating him or herself from her character, but that person's family will never look at themselves to see what might be the real reason (abuse, lack of discipline, lack of attention, etc.)  The mantra "we just didn't know" has become the standard answer when someone's problems get out of control.  Anyway...rant ends in 3...2..1</blockquote>

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