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Is The Internet Addictive?

Is the Internet Addictive?

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grip said:
Surfing the internet for long periods of time can cause withdrawal symptoms 'similar to people on a comedown from ecstasy' | Mail Online

According to this article spending time on the Internet has a profound negative impact.

I personally spend an average of a couple hours a day but it has never impacted my normal activities in a negative way.

What do you think, is the Web a problem or just another source of entertainment and education?
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LOL - I'm on the net most of the time but it's spurts in between everything else I have to do.

I'm also addicted to reading - jewelry - and coffee.

I'd say it's no more of a problem than any of those things. REading's worse because no one ever says that's a concern - it's encouraged.

Overall - I think WHAT you read/do is more important than that you do it at all or do it for a long period of time. I read news, research and debate . . . I'm more intellectually stimulated than a college student (which I also am). The things I might put off like home improvement and cleaning are mindless but necessary chores that can truly dumb a person down if that's all they ever do with their time.

In fact - as a stay at home mother - I started debating/researching things on my own so my brain wouldn't just rot away. . . and I'm much better off for it all, too.
 
grip said:
Surfing the internet for long periods of time can cause withdrawal symptoms 'similar to people on a comedown from ecstasy' | Mail Online

According to this article spending time on the Internet has a profound negative impact.

I personally spend an average of a couple hours a day but it has never impacted my normal activities in a negative way.

What do you think, is the Web a problem or just another source of entertainment and education?
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It's interesting, and I have an idea of the reason why, at least for some of us.
I read a pretty informative good book last week, dealing with human psychology and dysfunction. It addresses the human tendency toward "projection" of negative interaction toward others, the need for human communication in general. One of the chapters in the book dealt with the use of writing down thoughts, uniterrupted by feedback from others, as a useful means of therapeutic activity for the individual. It made me realize that this is why I like to participate on forums such as this one. I can organize my thoughts, and express ideas, which keeps me in touch with a more objective frame of thinking, rather than getting wrapped up in emotive responses toward people who like to stir the pot. Not saying that I don't have emotional responses, but the method of interacting seems to promote a more measured response. It think it's the same reason that people like to write letters. It's a chance to create and express what is authentic.
 
lizzie said:
It's interesting, and I have an idea of the reason why, at least for some of us.
I read a pretty informative good book last week, dealing with human psychology and dysfunction. It addresses the human tendency toward "projection" of negative interaction toward others, the need for human communication in general. One of the chapters in the book dealt with the use of writing down thoughts, uniterrupted by feedback from others, as a useful means of therapeutic activity for the individual. It made me realize that this is why I like to participate on forums such as this one. I can organize my thoughts, and express ideas, which keeps me in touch with a more objective frame of thinking, rather than getting wrapped up in emotive responses toward people who like to stir the pot. Not saying that I don't have emotional responses, but the method of interacting seems to promote a more measured response. It think it's the same reason that people like to write letters. It's a chance to create and express what is authentic.
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Getting your thoughts out in the open allows for better self scrutiny. I think it's therapeutic and a way of learning temperance and patience. I don't have a lot of outside contacts anymore and find online posting a comfortable form of social communication.

I can talk to most people casually in the real world but have a tendency to cut them off sooner, because of how quickly they begin to expect things from you.
 
The internet? An addiction?! Psh never!!!! Take it back!! Shut the door, too!!!!!

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No, it's not addictive, but certain people can become addicted to it. But certain people can become addicted to anything.
 
Rae we kidding? We all know the internet is addicting. But which part is trying to own us? For some folks it's shopping, for others it's game but for most it's porn. Internet porn use is destroying marriages, careers,families at an insane rate. We can and should guard ourselves and us filters. Modern filters can manage your problem areas and even give time limits for your kids' access. We use a good one called internet filter - porn blocker - cannot be bypassed- international-Wisechoice.net. There are several available but we like this the best
 
Anything can be addictive. To some people i imagine it is.
 
dp is more addictive ..:mrgreen:
 
Check the post counts of people in this thread for a clue.
 
I don't know - I haven't been able to pull myself away from the computer long enough to think about it.
 
MaggieD said:
Some kinds of internet usage are addictive, in my opinion.

Some online games.
Pornography.
Some internet forums/chatrooms.
Facebook.

I don't need a study to tell me that -- I see it all around me...including in my own home. (That would be me. On here.
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Yes, and the rest of us are only here to help you with your addiction,
 
askned said:
Rae we kidding? We all know the internet is addicting. But which part is trying to own us? For some folks it's shopping, for others it's game but for most it's porn. Internet porn use is destroying marriages, careers,families at an insane rate. We can and should guard ourselves and us filters. Modern filters can manage your problem areas and even give time limits for your kids' access. We use a good one called internet filter - porn blocker - cannot be bypassed- international-Wisechoice.net. There are several available but we like this the best
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For most it's porn? How many women feel porn is their first priority on the internet?
 
grip said:
Surfing the internet for long periods of time can cause withdrawal symptoms 'similar to people on a comedown from ecstasy' | Mail Online

According to this article spending time on the Internet has a profound negative impact.

I personally spend an average of a couple hours a day but it has never impacted my normal activities in a negative way.

What do you think, is the Web a problem or just another source of entertainment and education?
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Same addiction I have for a car. ;)
 
Aunt Spiker said:
LOL - I'm on the net most of the time but it's spurts in between everything else I have to do.

I'm also addicted to reading - jewelry - and coffee.

I'd say it's no more of a problem than any of those things. REading's worse because no one ever says that's a concern - it's encouraged.

Overall - I think WHAT you read/do is more important than that you do it at all or do it for a long period of time. I read news, research and debate . . . I'm more intellectually stimulated than a college student (which I also am). The things I might put off like home improvement and cleaning are mindless but necessary chores that can truly dumb a person down if that's all they ever do with their time.

In fact - as a stay at home mother - I started debating/researching things on my own so my brain wouldn't just rot away. . . and I'm much better off for it all, too.
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I agree. No doubt all of our debating skills are getting polished here.
 
Rainman05 said:
Very addictive. But not like drug addictive. More like, if you have it, you will use it. But if you go to the mountains for a holiday you don't have withdrawal syndrome. At least I never had. And my life at home involves the internet heavily.
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Don't be so sure about that. We drove to Yellowstone from Md last June. We were gone three weeks. I definitely missed television more but the internet will one day lead over tv. When I am gone only a week it was not quite as bad. Three full weeks was quite a bit different. We didn't even get cell phone service for the majority of the time.
 
66gardeners said:
Don't be so sure about that. We drove to Yellowstone from Md last June. We were gone three weeks. I definitely missed television more but the internet will one day lead over tv. When I am gone only a week it was not quite as bad. Three full weeks was quite a bit different. We didn't even get cell phone service for the majority of the time.
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That may be very true, I have never been in a place without internet connection for more than two weeks and I was never truly disconnected from the world, by one medium or another for more than 4-5 days.
 
66gardeners said:
Don't be so sure about that. We drove to Yellowstone from Md last June. We were gone three weeks. I definitely missed television more but the internet will one day lead over tv. When I am gone only a week it was not quite as bad. Three full weeks was quite a bit different. We didn't even get cell phone service for the majority of the time.
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That would be heaven I tell you!

I have gone without the internet an entire year after having some personal garbage... it was hard for the first three months, then..who cared? I sure didn't.
 
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