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Growing concern over Internet addiction
cnn ^ | 5/20/06

Posted on 05/19/2006 10:05:24 PM PDT by LouAvul

For some, the Internet it has become an addiction, adversely affecting their lives and their family's lives.

While not yet defined as a true addiction, many people are suffering the consequences of obsession with the online world, warns Dr. Diane M. Wieland, who treats patients with computer addiction in her practice in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

For some people, the Internet may promote addictive behaviors and pseudo-intimate interpersonal relationships, reports Wieland in the journal, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. "Such cyberspace contacts may result in cyber disorders such as virtual relationships that evolve into online marital infidelity (cybersex) or online sexually compulsive behaviors," she writes.

"Obsession with and craving time on the computer results in neglect of real-life personal relationships to the point of divorce," Wieland says.

The prevalence of Internet addiction is hard to gauge at the moment, Wieland notes. Extrapolating from prevalence rates of other addictions, she thinks that 5 percent to 10 percent of Internet users will most likely experience addiction.

Signs and symptoms of Internet addiction include a general disregard for health and appearance; sleep deprivation due to spending so much time online; and decreased physical activity and social interaction with others. Dry eyes, carpal tunnel syndrome, and repetitive motion injuries of the hands and fingers are common.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: addict; addiction; addictions; fr; fraddiction; habit; habitforming; help; insomnia; internet; internetaddiction; net; puteraddiction; surf; surfing; web; worldwideweb; www
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To: Zeppelin

Hi Bill....I'm Kristy, and I'm addicted to the Internet too. When is the next meeting? ;o)


61 posted on 05/19/2006 10:57:16 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (CONGRESS, YOU BUILD THE FENCE NOW, OR WE'LL VOTE FOR LAWMAKERS WHO WILL!)
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To: Zeppelin; MOgirl
"ITS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!!! I CAN EXPLAIN!!!"

ROFL! Wow, so I'm not the only one that does that!

62 posted on 05/19/2006 10:57:57 PM PDT by del4hope (Sessions...doing the math most congresscritters won't do)
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To: potlatch

That was cute. I was actually hoping the dog would lift its leg.


63 posted on 05/19/2006 10:59:07 PM PDT by KittyKares
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To: potlatch


Excellent

I had a source for most of those 2001 audios somewhere

Make a good email


64 posted on 05/19/2006 11:02:10 PM PDT by devolve (fx AMERICANS_KILLED_IN_2003_BY_ILLEGALS FBI-DOJ_4380+4745=9125 BUT_WHO_CARES_IN_WASHINGTON_DC?)
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To: NRA2BFree

whenever! that's the beauty of the internet.

oh, and the non-existant dress-code...


65 posted on 05/19/2006 11:03:46 PM PDT by Zeppelin (Texas Longhorns === National Champions !!!)
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To: LouAvul; call
Growing concern over Internet addiction

Yeah...this has been a growing problem ever since the MSM started losing its self-imposed jurisdiction over your thoughts.

CNN: Warning -- Internet hazardous to your health, marriage, happiness, and our efforts to dominate your psyche.

66 posted on 05/19/2006 11:06:54 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (It takes courage to live. Hence, the "culture of death...")
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To: Gator113

ROFLOL!

(I was thinking about you the other day. Hope all is well!)


67 posted on 05/19/2006 11:08:39 PM PDT by Humidston (Congress is like the Mafia - NO PAY, NO PLAY.)
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To: the invisib1e hand

CNN/Reuters: "You're eating our lunch."


68 posted on 05/19/2006 11:09:12 PM PDT by MikeHu
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To: KittyKares

Haven't used it in awhile. Couldn't remember if it actually happened or not, lol.


69 posted on 05/19/2006 11:09:41 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: Paleo Conservative

350 threads and 13,796 replies. I've been here since Sept 14, 2004. 20 months. About 690 posts a month. around 172 a week. maybe 25 a day.

That's all?


70 posted on 05/19/2006 11:09:52 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: devolve

I will get it to you. You've seen it before but it's been awhile.


71 posted on 05/19/2006 11:10:50 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: LouAvul
Yeah, yeah. How addicted is this? I'm sitting in the basement of a house on a lake in Northern Idaho with an incredible thunderstorm overhead. The power's off but I have a UPS and before I light the candles I'm gonna post this.

That's bad, babe, that's bad.

72 posted on 05/19/2006 11:13:55 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: MikeHu
"You're eating our lunch."

well said.

73 posted on 05/19/2006 11:13:59 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (It takes courage to live. Hence, the "culture of death...")
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To: Humidston

I'm up and down, but they haven't tossed dirt on me yet!! LOL


74 posted on 05/19/2006 11:16:43 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: peggybac

I had to delete freecell. I'm not nearly as drawn to regular solitary because the feedback is not as quick and you don't win nearly as often.


75 posted on 05/19/2006 11:17:10 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: peggybac
" FreeCell is. "

You need to get past that.

I used to be called "Pac-Man" by my friends.

76 posted on 05/19/2006 11:19:39 PM PDT by Radix (Why do they call them Morons when they don't know so much? Shouldn't they be called Lessons?)
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To: LouAvul

I use the internet only on Friday and Saturday (unless I'm sick). Work, family, human contact come first now.

Like all addictions, it was very hard to break. I demanded my wife hide the access to the stuff then I found myself searching all over for it. But that desire past after about a week. First week is the hardest.

Today, I'm better and more productive.


77 posted on 05/19/2006 11:32:14 PM PDT by sully777 (wWBBD: What would Brian Boitano do?)
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To: TexasTransplant

We're not internet addicts, we're information addicts...


78 posted on 05/20/2006 12:05:32 AM PDT by Mariner
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Oh! Do you think this was alame attempt at discrediting the FR and numerous conservative BLOGS.?

I tried watching CNN tonight. What was on Paula Zahn; another
boring story. This about a polygamist wanted for something.

Nothing mentioned concerning the fight over illegal immigration. No, must be an insignificant issue.

Does Ted Turner still control this clap-trap rag?


79 posted on 05/20/2006 12:14:09 AM PDT by ChiMark
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To: Zeppelin
I'm surprised the article DIDN'T mention surfing the internet on company time. Which is what I'm doing now.

Uh, gotta go...

80 posted on 05/20/2006 12:22:27 AM PDT by IrishRainy
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