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Anyone have an unrelenting addiction to electronics?

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Coldkilla

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* I wake up, computer.
* On the 1.5 hour bus to class, iPod apps & video.
* During lectures, iPod internet.
* After lectures, campus PC.
* On the 30 minute wait and 1.5 hour bus home, iPod apps & video.
* Come home, computer, movies , misc. online voice chat until 4am.
Repeat.

Anyone else have an unyielding addiction to any and all things electronic?

The funny thing is, in my situation: I usually don't have anything 'I want to do' when it comes to:
-Blankly looking into internet browser, not wanting to surf the only 5 websites I go to.
-Looking at a full TiVo, not wanting to watch television.
-Looking at 9 pages of iPod apps, not wanting to play or do anything on the bus.
-Looking @ 100 iPod videos on the bus, not wanting to watch anything.
-Looking at a 200+ DVD collection on my media player and not wanting to watch anything.

Yet I find myself staring at these things regardless. And while doing these things, I'll sometimes drop whatever it is I am doing and stare out the window in boredom, only to 'get back to it' moments later against my will. I just picked up an MMO (EVE Online) hoping to fill that "need" for constant entertainment, but even playing that has me wanting something else, something more.

It's almost like all this constant entertainment has given me an overdose of dopamine and (while treating it like drugs or something) the stuff I need for "my fix" has increased to a level where I can no longer satisfy its craving.

Kinda sucks when you have no money, no car, and friends who have all gone AWOL over the last year lol. Any constructive thoughts?
 
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I have an unrelenting addition to Oxygen.

Wake up - breath.
Go to work - breath.
Go to gym - breath faster.
Go to sleep - breath slower.

Electronics are just part of life, I'm on the computer all day for work (mostly), I have a phone, and I have an Ipod in my car. It doesn't mean I am "addicted" to any of it like I go into physical withdrawal or something.

Plus, if you have free time just commuting, perhaps you should bring a book to read or do something thinking. You'll find that when you are out of school, you have less time to just do nothing and think about stuff in life. Sometimes you need that.
 
Why have your friends gone AWOL? Have you tried doing other things, such a read a book, exercise, etc? It sounds like your lifestyle concerns you, so examine your behavior and take steps to get yourself where you want to be. Electronics are commonly used now, they're part of life, but they should not "be" life.
 
Yea maybe I should have reworded a bit of it. It's not like withdrawal symptoms are the issue, it's just that everything is so... hmm, accessible, and when its in front of you - its easy to get drawn in and trapped into it.

@Azraele: 1 is now a meth addict and has lost all touch with reality. 1 has disappeared (no cell #, was fired from job and no longer lives @ home). 2 moved to Indiana. 1 went to UW Madison across the state. Leaving me pretty much with the meth addict within a 30 mile radius lol.
 
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i used to sometimes be like that...got 1 hour tops, just nef and read AT. And I wasn't even all that interested - it was a way to kill time. I just needed some kind of stimulation.

Then i realized i could do things that are more productive. I will read now or try to do other things. Try to get a hobby or build up a skill of some sort that doesn't require a lot of money (one thing a friend mentioned to me over the weekend was that he was practicing a lot of origami) I suggest reading (i like this one), or doing something else that will build up a skill. Go to the gym a lot (even if you listen to your ipod or whatever) to be productive. Try to focus on something that will improve you as a person. That is usually the easiest way to derive satisfaction from your actions.
 
the only time i'm really NOT using something of electronics is when I am at the gym.

otherwise i'm behind a PC at work or at home playing games, watching tv, a movie, or working on some other side projects of my own.\

now that i have my laptop i literally don't have to get off the couch on the weekend other than to eat and shit/piss and I can just be on my computer, watching tv, and playing video games (all 3 at the same time too).
 
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the only time i'm really NOT using something of electronics is when I am at the gym.

otherwise i'm behind a PC at work or at home playing games, watching tv, a movie, or working on some other side projects of my own.\

now that i have my laptop i literally don't have to get off the couch on the weekend other than to eat and shit/piss and I can just be on my computer, watching tv, and playing video games (all 3 at the same time too).
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No Music at the gym? I'm fiddling with my Droid all the time in between sets.
 
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No Music at the gym? I'm fiddling with my Droid all the time in between sets.
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only when i'm doing cardio (if i do cardio that day), but if i'm just lifting i don't listen to stuff cause i'm usually lifting with other people.

but i did forget i bring my ipod touch w/me to the gym pretty much regularly heh.
 
I swear I am one of the few who doesn't listen to music while working out...but other then that iphone-pc all day...going to burn my eyes out probably.
 
MJinZ said:
I have an unrelenting addition to Oxygen.

Wake up - breath.
Go to work - breath.
Go to gym - breath faster.
Go to sleep - breath slower.

Electronics are just part of life, I'm on the computer all day for work (mostly), I have a phone, and I have an Ipod in my car. It doesn't mean I am "addicted" to any of it like I go into physical withdrawal or something.

Plus, if you have free time just commuting, perhaps you should bring a book to read or do something thinking. You'll find that when you are out of school, you have less time to just do nothing and think about stuff in life. Sometimes you need that.
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Seek help.
 
Coldkilla said:
Anyone else have an unyielding addiction to any and all things electronic?
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Yes. I've been catching myself wasting entire days off on my computer, usually online with not a thing to look at. I just flip back and forth between sites in my favourites looking for something new. I don't think it's really good for me to be doing this.

I think I really need to find a new hobby. I fly RC planes but I find myself hating it more and more each year since my stuff keeps breaking. It's just turned into a money pit. I don't seem to get much out of it for what I put in. I think I'd like to do some more videography. I should reunite my college film crew and see if they want to do some more road trips this summer.

In the mean time, what I think I'm going to do is abandon my desktop and laptop for an entire week and see how I do. Of course I've still got to use the internet at work but I'll keep that limited to business. I've still got my iPhone but I really want to reduce my screen time. I think I'll start tomorrow since I have Tuesdays off. Should be the ultimate cold turkey test.
 
MJinZ said:
I am. Trying to get my body to accept Hydrogen and Nitrogen as electron acceptors instead of Oxygen. It's too bad physics and chemistry fight me along the way.
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I think there are some people here who can help you with your fight against reality.
 
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