Web Addiction Could Become An Official Disorder
from the sign-me-up... dept
Researchers are now proposing that excessive web surfing be classified as a disorder. The article points out that diagnosis and treatment of such a "disorder" could have a huge impact on business. What other disorder is actually a requirement of some jobs? You don't have jobs where you need to drink all day, but you do have jobs that require you to be online all day. I'm certainly not a psychologist, but I find it hard to believe that internet addiction is a separate classification all on its own, rather than an indication that something else is wrong.
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Addiction is multifaceted
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I have this disorder.
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Web addiction
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Sinceriously: the screen could become, to the user, their spouse's competition, even without surfing the internet. First it's word processing, the thrill of seeing one's name in exotic typestyles. Then it leads to stronger stuff - spread sheets. Soon, it's not a long distance to the soul-snatching graphics - pie-charts.
Next thing the addict learns, their spouse has fallen asleep ... alone.
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I read that in China is has been clasified as a National problem affect 14% of the youths. Here in the states I believe it is probably higher like about 25%.
Joke if you want, laugh if you want, or read about Greenspans announcement we are going into a recession and consider the affects of the web in light of you losing your income, home, and family.
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