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Well ATOT, we now have a mental disorder

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DisgruntledVirus

Lifer
Text messaging and emailing are fun as long as you don?t become addicted to them, an article in the American Journal of Psychiatry wrote.

New research revealed that, like excessive gaming or virtual sex, e-mail and text messaging might be part of a compulsive-impulsive spectrum disorder and a form of addiction.

The article, by Dr. Jerald Block, said there were four symptoms: suffering from feelings of withdrawal when a computer cannot be accessed; an increase need for better equipment; need for more time to use it and experiencing the negative repercussions of their addiction.

?The chief reasons I see to consider it are motor vehicle accidents that are caused by cell phone instant messaging, stalking and harassment via instant messaging, and instant messaging at social, educational, (and) work functions where it creates problems. It should be a pervasive and problematic pattern, though, not isolated incidents,? Dr. Block said.

He sustains his article pointing to ten deaths in South Korean Internet cafes as sure signs of addiction. In fact, Internet addiction is considered a public health problem that affects more than 200,000 South Korean children. The average South Korean high school student is spending about 23 hours a week gaming, while the country is training more than 1,000 counselors to treat Internet addiction. Schools are already introducing preventive measures.

Unfortunately, Internet addiction is resistant to treatment, entails significant risks and has high relapse rates. Moreover, it also makes comorbid disorders less responsive to therapy,? Dr. Block says.
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http://organizedwisdom.com/hel...al_Disorder_15633.html

 
You can never really be "disconnected" from the online world.

Btw, I hate texting... but whenever I call people, they never pick up, and text me back to see what's going on... wtf?
 
I wonder if anyone has tried to get disability for that.
It isn't my fault ! I have to email, why can't you understand that !
 
Originally posted by: Trey22
You can never really be "disconnected" from the online world.

Btw, I hate texting... but whenever I call people, they never pick up, and text me back to see what's going on... wtf?
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Tell that to most children in the third world. 😉
 
Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
I sleep with my computer at night...it's turned on too, hehehehe.
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My laptop stays on my bed turned on at all times.

I'm sitting on my bed right now, reading atot, looking for something interesting so I can get my fix.
Really I should be getting ready for work so I'm not late...

But I can't leave my computer til I find something interesting 😛
 
Originally posted by: SunnyD
Hmm... does this mean I can file for disability and stay at home from now on?
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Yeah, but then you might have to go to therapy or a clinic where they take away your computer and web access *shudders*
 
Originally posted by: MoPHo
Originally posted by: Trey22
You can never really be "disconnected" from the online world.

Btw, I hate texting... but whenever I call people, they never pick up, and text me back to see what's going on... wtf?
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Tell that to most children in the third world. 😉
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LOL or my Dad's friend. He got a computer for the first time recently. When he was setting it up he was having problems connecting to the internet, so he called Bell (Canada) tech support, and got some guy in India.

So the guy's trying to instruct him how to test a web page, and tells him to type in www.sympatico.ca. The tech guy got this response "So do I type out D O T?" LOL

I know a few people who have never used, and probably never will use a personal computer.
 
23 hours of gaming per week is considered addictive [pending that's how I read it]? Holy crap - I've been over that limit for about 15 years now.. 😀
 
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