Do you spend more than 20 hours a week on your computer surfing for research or managing your websites or anything that has got to do with Internet that gives you these addictions; - cybersexual addition: compulsive use of adult related websites like cybersex or cyberporn - cyber-relationship: involvement in online relationship like chatroom, etc. - net compulsions: online gambling, shopping or day trading (like internet marketing). - information overload: compulsive web surfing or database searches. - computer addiction: obsessive with online gaming If you have all those addiction, then you're infected by I.A.D - Internet Addiction Disorder. These are the symptoms for such IAD; - a general preoccupation with the internet (i.e, thinking about previous online activity or anticipating the next online session). - the need to stay online for increasing amounts of time to achieve satisfaction - repeated unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back or stop internet use - feeling restless, moody, depressed or irritable when attempting to cut down on internet access. - the tendency to stay online longer than needed - the loss of significant relationship, job, educational or career opportunity because of the internet - lying to family members, therapist or others to conceal the extent of involvement - using the internet as a way of escaping from helplessness, guilt, anxiety or depression. If you have 3 of the above syndromes, you need help www.netaddiction.com
I spend far more than 20 hours a week still I can handle this things well. I spend 99% of my time here mostly for business and other useful craft.
yes, i was infected, but managing it since this is part of my income, like what web-rover said, "throw it all out of the window if you're making business online.." but be wary, you might be too engross at times that you've forgotten to have your life...
Yeah me either. Problem? Pfft! I could easily switch the computer off anytime I wanted to, yup. I, uhhh, just don't want to.
however, this is a group of people who takes it too seriously (esp. gamers. happened in South Korea). a school boy of 12, Lim Dong Won, South Korea. stole his father US$16,000 and ran away from home to play online games. When caught by the authority, he said he wanted to play game to his heart content. on another scenario, a teenage gamer paid 4 million won for "cyber-weapons" using his parent credits card. a high school student smashed the furniture at home after being banned from using internet. last week, there was a widespread media about a Korean man died of heart attack after spending 50 hours since August 3rd playing games online... so eerie, so cruel....
It isn't the Internets fault though, take the kid smashing furniture for instance. There are just as many stories when they had their TV, Stereo, etc taken away.
Actually furniture getting smashed isn't so bad : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1673723,00.html
Lol that's funny shizzle. Hahaha. Taking US$16,000 to play games until his hearts content. HAHAHAHA. Yeh, ive had too much sugar today.
Huh? Wtf does tennis have to do with your parents' rotten corpses oozing onto the living room carpet?