I think that there is such a thing as an internet addition because if you look at me I come home from school at about 5:30 pm and the first thing I do is turn my computer check my e-mails play a few quick games then do my prep.(getting most of my info fron the internet) (Or as the coolest of the internet peoplez call it "The Net")

It's like being addicted to a video game. Easy to get addicted to. Dumb topic.

"Is internet addiction a legitimate psychological disorder?"

Yes, just ask any psychologist. It can manifest itself in many forms...some even branch out from sex addiction.

It's hard for those who has never got addicted to internet to understand how getting addicted to internet feels, and what the symptoms are. Basically, I am right now,, addicted to internet, cuz I unconciously turn the internet on and start surfing websites even though I havent got any purposes. The first thing an internet addicter would do is to turn the cpu on and go surfing irrelevent to one's will.

I come on here everyday, and I've used the internet almost everyday for nearly a decade. I THINK SO!

yes there is because i am on it right now at 240 in the morning

I have nearly 300 points this week - if I were not addicted, would I have so many?

I also use Essembly.

yes, there is such a thing.Sometimes when people get on to the internet, they simply cannot get off because they are addicted. And....I'm one of the guilty ones....

Anything that causes release of dopamine, and can re-enforce a particular behaviour though neurotransmitter release can become addictive.

By doing something repeatedly, and prolonged denile of the behaviour causes negative behaviour or abnormal functioning can and should be classified as an addiction.

Many social addictions exist (e.g. gambling, shopping etc), why would the internet be exempt from this?

yes, Internet addiction is a disorder... like alcohol or drug addiction. Because people nowadays cannot live without Internet and spend all their time on the Internet. and it can lead to a lot of problems, as bad family relationship, insomnia, academic problems. People become more aggressive and maybe reserved because they do not communicate in the real life they live in a virtual life...

Yes there is . Because the more we use technology , the more we think there is gonna be a great outcome to it . It could actually ruin us .

I'm an internet addict spending too much on the net without doing anything significant something worthwhile in life.

It's for real. There are some folks who will go crazy if they are left away from the Internet for a single day.

Look at how many points I have managed to accumulate. There must be something wrong with me ;)

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