Does anyone else here have the problem of being addicted to their computers and the internet?
I know just what you mean. I have two young kids, and I am always trying to put them down for a nap just so I can sit with a coffee at my computer. My partner is on it all evening, so the day is the only time I can go on. If I am not on it, I am thinking about when I can. You are normal. I think, for me, it keeps me in touch with the outside world, when I often feel that I am nothing outside of my house and kids. I love my email! You, we are not alone.
Oh man, I am way addicted to the net. I'm online all day. I work online, plus I run this site and between the two, my computer goes on in the morning and stays on all day. It's definitely addicted. Then there are those new Prodigy commercials that are making me feel like a total schmuck for being online so much. Like there's no way someone can spend a lot of time online and still have an outside life.
Amelia, I, too, am dangerously addicted to the net. I constantly pry my AOL mailbox at least three times a day and when I'm not suffering in school trying to gain a decent education among the so-called punk rebels and apathetic sloths, I'm glued to the computer, always connected to a central computer network. For YEARS, my god, for like, 3 or 4 years, I have been a junkie. There! Isn't that darn amazing!? *grumbles* many times I have tried to break the habit, but many times i have failed. WHO THE HELL HAS A LIFE ANYWAY? man, who am I kidding? I'm a rejected misfit who have nothing better to do than howl on the net using this decaying keyboard.
I think everybody is starting to get addicted to the Net. Have you noticed how many TV commercials have Website addresses on them? Or do you watch TV at all (just kidding, if I had the choice I'd spend nearly all the time on the computer)? Anyway, the Internet is just like something that links everyone who's online, and you can talk to people all over the world. I don't blame anybody (including, of course, myself) for being addicted. It's the possibility to do anything you want, just sitting at the computer. And I love it, even though my dad wants me to get out and do stuff. I am! Just not physically. But I do have other things I should be doing (like homework, Christmas presents, cleaning up my room, etc.) but I need this, to make sure the world hasn't gone away while my mind is being numbed at school. Hurray for internet addiction!
yep..i agree with all of you....it seems that nothing can compare to using my computer or being connected online...i spend i'd say 80 % of my time at home on the net...<20%..i'd say sleeping>...its just that theres no limits to what you can learn...if theres something your interested in...its only a few keystrokes away...for instance i'm getting into 3d animation and i've found tons of sites with tutorials, plugins, even the software<warez of course>...so thats saved me a couple thousand bucks...so how can you not love it or be addicted to it...
I've actually tried, recently, to spend less time online and more time out in the real world.
Way to go, Amelia. I envy you. If only I could do the same thing...
addicted? that would be putting it nicely... Amelia you have a point, but I have to have my fix from the net. Its worse than cigarettes I tell ya!
I LOVE BEING ONLINE ADDICTED!!!
(smile) me too Titania!!
I used to think that I was addicted to the internet. I used to want to be on it all the time. Then my husband started using it, and my time got cut. By being forced not to be on it as much, I realized that I was in fact spending entirely too much time online. I quit using it as much, and found real things to do. Now, my husband is hooked big time on the internet. And I don't even think he realizes he is adicted. LOL. That is one huge down side to the net. But to each his/her own.
Hi. I am the Gigi that started this discussion topic. I just want everyone to know that I am no longer addicted to the net. I have cut my time down immensely! I am enjoying my friends and family, like I should have been doing. I am still online every other day or so, but mostly just to check e-mail. I occasionally surf, but after about an hour, I find myself getting bored, and do something more ACTIVE!!! Just wanted everyone who posted here to know. Thanks to everyone for your comments!!!!!!!!! PEACE.....
I fear i am in the early stages of becoming addicted and i don't like it !!! i made a concious effort to cut down a few times .... i think i can do it !!! I really would like to hope it is just a phase for me. So i made an effort to go for coffee with a friend tonight .... and dinner with friends prior to that...
LOL to zooey's 12/11 message! I've had unlimited service for about 3 months and i'm addicted. I do feel better when i'm not in here so much and yet i'm drawn to it. Now i know what other people must feel like when they are addicted to smokes and such. I keep thinking it will pass but so far it hasn't.
Nope, it just doesn't go away. You have to work at it if you want your computer usage to be controlled. Just like any other addiction. If it is really problematic in your life then you have to just do it! Set yourself time limits and stick to them. Maybe give yourself a day a week or a month to spend on-line all day. What I did was find a friend (in another part of the world) and do things together ~ apart. We both went to see the same movie, at the same time, and then came back and talked about it. It was interesting, and it got us both out. Give it a try. It works!
ANYONE HERE HATE ICQ?
For the most part i like icq and i just ignore all of the honey comments and such. Why men do this i don't know. Perhaps they think this makes them romantic or something. It is funny, sometimes in my e-mail in the subject line, 4 e-mails will say "hello darlin'" or "hi hon" i find this amusing.
I like icq, but I only talk to people I know on it. I don't know how to talk to people I don't know. how do you do that?
Huh Shampoo? That is what icq is mostly all about is meeting strangers from around the world.
I'm an Internet novice, but I have to say that it's completly addictive, especially the chatlines! Also, this website is soooo cool, keep up the good work Amelia!! This website is great for groovy girls, who have loads of opinions, and we can discuss them freely! Do boys ever write in? Thankfully, I don't have to pay to go on the internet, as I go on it at college! Though we're not allowed to go on chatlines, but I still do, when the librarians aren't looking!! ha ha ha!
What is icq?
Hey, I'm a librarian & I chat too :-) (from home though). I recently interviewed a college librarian & the main reason, chat, etc. is discouraged is to keep internet access points free for research.
My mom has been addicted to the computer for a few years now. it doesn't matter what i or anyone else does, she constantly sits and plays with her computer. she can't remember anything that goes on in real life, but she can recall and everything on here. It's like her life. she doesn't talk to anyone or just talk to me. i try to have discussions with her or just to tell her something and she doesn't even give me her attention. she'll be typing on here and half listening to me.
I am! I've been for a year. It takes up alot of my time, and i often pass up going to friend's houses n' stuff just so i can come home to this. Lately I havent been doing that as often but i do it.
I know what you guys mean. I'm 13 and have been addicted to the net and AOL for a year and a half...I can't remember what it was like before we got internet access. During school, I come home and get on the net and then fall asleep before I can even do my homework. My grades dropped. But i'm addicted. I think the longest I've stayed on without going anywhere is a full 10 hours. Maybe more.
Uh Oh!
I haven't got enough money to be internet addicted :-)
I can't get internet addicted because my computer doesn't have a modem, sob! So I just steal time at Glasgow Uni!
I am beginning to hate the internet. It has been ruling my life for too long, my friends bug me to get off and go out with them. I have been on for 2 years now and had a internet boyfriend, finally I woke up and saw how stupid it was, nothing beats real life. I have been stalked and had to change my phone number because some guy found out what my number was and where I live, thank God he is over seas but I still live in fear that one day he might come and hurt me. This is why I hardly ever chat or give out personal information on the net. Now the net is just a big book of information for school and personal research and just plain fun like this site. The longest I stayed on was for 18 hours straight, no sleep, no food, no water. I think that sort of killed my habit. Life is just too short to be on the net.
I am a little worried...it is taking a lot of my time. Before I know it hours and hours have passed.
I am a normal person, I have a career, family, husband, friends, hobbies.....??? Anyone??
By Keri on Monday, December 8, 1997 - 07:42 pm:
By Amelia Wilson (Admin) on Tuesday, December 9, 1997 - 11:19 pm:
By Zooey on Thursday, December 11, 1997 - 07:09 pm:
By Morgan17 on Saturday, December 13, 1997 - 02:59 pm:
By Drain on Sunday, December 14, 1997 - 05:05 pm:
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By Amelia Wilson (Admin) on Wednesday, January 14, 1998 - 12:05 pm:
I'm actually finding that having cut back by about 20% in total time online, I've atually become more productive with the time that I do spend online and still get about the same amount of actual work done. I guess getting away from the screen refreshes my brain in a way that just staying plugged in all the time never does.
By ZoOeY on Saturday, January 17, 1998 - 02:08 pm:
By Eliste on Thursday, March 12, 1998 - 01:32 am:
By Titania on Thursday, March 12, 1998 - 11:34 pm:
By Eliste on Saturday, March 14, 1998 - 05:42 pm:
By Anonymous on Friday, April 3, 1998 - 07:50 pm:
By Gigi on Saturday, April 4, 1998 - 10:36 pm:
By Anonymous on Thursday, April 16, 1998 - 01:11 am:
I'm happy this topic is being discussed!!! I Don't want to get addicted to it !! I don't mind wanting to spend a hour or two on this site every other day ... and do some genuine researching but that is about it ..... good topic !!!!
By Tammy Smith on Saturday, April 25, 1998 - 08:37 pm:
By Straightpin on Sunday, April 26, 1998 - 11:26 am:
By Demeter on Sunday, April 26, 1998 - 11:17 pm:
I can't stand it sometimes and my dislike of it is growing!!! You never know who you are going to meet....... And i get these men who call me honey and sweetheart after the first chat !!! I tell them not to and then it becomes a f**ken game for them.... Anyway I end up ignoring them... today i had to pretend i was my boyfriend LOL !!
ANd i told this one guy yo get out of "OUR" space..... Gosh i can't think to clear right now i'm so mad.... I'll start here and post more later.... what are your views?
By Tammy Smith on Monday, April 27, 1998 - 12:44 pm:
By Shampoo on Friday, May 1, 1998 - 09:27 pm:
By Tammy Smith on Sunday, May 3, 1998 - 10:33 am:
By Sassy on Friday, May 8, 1998 - 10:10 am:
By Anonymous on Friday, May 8, 1998 - 10:12 am:
By Lee on Friday, May 8, 1998 - 08:25 pm:
IMHO, as long as people aren't tying up the terminals when others are waiting to do research, chat away :-) Another option (if you live on campus) is to suggest to the residence director types that internet access points be installed in the dorms so people can use them for entertainment.
By Anonymous on Wednesday, July 8, 1998 - 06:45 am:
i'm just stating all this just so i can say it, to have an outlet, no one else seems to listen to me about it. it's caused alot of problems between us and some other members of my family. it is truly an addiction, just like cigarettes and drugs and all that, except this isn't a physical addiction. only mental, which can be a lot worse sometimes. sorry to take up so much space. just had to let it all out.
By Veronica on Saturday, July 11, 1998 - 02:17 pm:
You'll find that eventually, it'll fade. Try to get out more n' get un-attached. *i should be talking!* My friend's get mad at me for being on to much, and i'm finally beginning to realize how much ive been missing out while i was "trapped in a box" if u know what i mean.
By Lanya on Sunday, July 12, 1998 - 03:34 pm:
By Gilmoure on Thursday, August 27, 1998 - 05:35 pm:
I got a job that actually pays me to be online. I'm here from 8:30 in the morning (check my email and surf a little when I wake up) until 10 or 12 at night. A permanant conection to the net is dangerous. At least I get out on weekends.
G
By Soph on Thursday, August 27, 1998 - 05:39 pm:
By Emi on Friday, September 25, 1998 - 10:32 am:
How can you get addicted anyway? I am intrigued.
Oh, and has anyone been stalked on the internet? I've heard it can happen...and if it did what would you do?
By Anonymous on Tuesday, October 6, 1998 - 03:30 am:
"By Anonymous on Wednesday, July 8, 1998 - 06:45 am:"
I sooooo know what you mean. My mum is an addict, I can't even talk to her when she is sitting at the computer, she can't hear me, she ignores me. She used to have friends until her "chat friends" came along, they are her friends now, she is even having an affair with this guy in Norway, my dad doesn't believe me, my brother tells me let her be. I hate it, I tell her I'm going out to movies and I come home and she yells at me saying I didn't tell her I was going out, even tho I did tell her, but she didn't pay attention. Sometimes when she is on, I use the other phone line to kill her connection and she has to connect over and over again, after a while she thinks the modem is stuffed even tho its my fault and she leaves it, but then returns later. Its really stressing me out. Please, someone, help :-( My friends don't understand what its like.