internet addiction definition

Internet addicts may also get the "cyber shakes" when off line, exhibiting agitation and typing motions of the fingers when not at the computer.

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Many Internet addicts have a history of depression, alcohol or drug abuse, and anxiety disorder, according to Wieland, who is an associate professor at the La Salle University School of Nursing.

gross exagerration and typical mass hysteria/psychosis whipping attitude of the media. serves to undermine the severity of other 'real' addictions like alcoholism and substances by comparing it to them. an 'addiction,' by definition, is not an addiction until it leads to the addict harming his self - such is simply not the case with internet addiction (or, say, an addiction to porn, be it offline or online). if the media were a person it would have been picked up by the men in white already -

"Denial is strong in Internet addicts who claim they cannot be addicted to a machine," Wieland notes. The "one more minute" response to being asked to go offline is common and is similar to an alcoholic who says they will quit drinking after "one more drink."


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Deborah posted Re: [Apache]Internet addiction on 2 yrs ago
: gross exagerration and typical mass hysteria/psychosis whipping attitude of the media. serves to undermine the severity of other 'real' addictions like alcoholism and substances by comparing it to them. an 'addiction,' by definition, is not an addiction until it leads to the addict harming his self - such is simply not the case with internet addiction (or, say, an addiction to porn, be it offline or online). if the media were a person it would have been picked up by the men in white already -

Being awfully restrictive in your definition, aren't you?

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apache.fan posted Re: [Apache]Internet addiction on 2 yrs ago
:: gross exagerration and typical mass hysteria/psychosis whipping attitude of the media. serves to undermine the severity of other 'real' addictions like alcoholism and substances by comparing it to them. an 'addiction,' by definition, is not an addiction until it leads to the addict harming his self - such is simply not the case with internet addiction (or, say, an addiction to porn, be it offline or online). if the media were a person it would have been picked up by the men in white already -
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: Being awfully restrictive in your definition, aren't you?

debbie,

you must learn to keep life simple and refer to articles, you cite, after reading them in their entirety.

from the same article,

" Addiction is now narrowly defined as "uncontrolled, compulsive use despite harm"; if there is no harm being suffered by, or damage done to, the patient or another party, then clinically it may be considered compulsive, but within this narrow definition it is not categorized as "addiction"."

and,

"Many people, both psychology professionals and laypersons, now feel that there should be accommodation made to include psychological dependency on such things as gambling, food, sex, pornography, computers, work, and shopping / spending. However, these are things or tasks which, when used or performed, cannot cross the blood-brain barrier and hence, do not fit into the traditional view of addiction,"

and

"however, it is said by those who adhere to a traditionalist view that these withdrawal-like symptoms are not strictly reflective of an addiction, but rather of a behavioral disorder."

ergo, a behavioural disorder that returns the same symptoms as an 'addiction disorder' (particularly more accentuated when these symptoms are present without the presence of any substance abuse) is not automatically an addiction.

understand? would you like my to repeat?


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apache.fan posted Re: [Apache]Internet addiction on 2 yrs ago
of course, at the crux of our disagreement, i.e. your interpretation of addiction and mine is the difference between tradition and modernity (and the wiki article presents both views).
be it noted that the traditional definition of addiction is what is now commonly accepted as the AA or NA definition of addiction. this definition is neither scientific (as psychology is - if psychology isn't scientific then it is, at the very least, burdened with it's own research and it's own weight) nor pragmatic; it is simply the definition that is commonly accepted by most rehab centres today worldwide because of it's phenomenal rate of success and the lack of a challenger. it's phenomenal rate of success is 60% (for first time recovering addicts). however, after three visits, statistically, the rate improves dramatically to about 95%.

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ennameenadeeka posted Re: [Apache]Internet addiction on 2 yrs ago
:of course, at the crux of our disagreement, i.e. your interpretation of addiction and mine is the difference between tradition and modernity (and the wiki article presents both views).
: be it noted that the traditional definition of addiction is what is now commonly accepted as the AA or NA definition of addiction. this definition is neither scientific (as psychology is - if psychology isn't scientific then it is, at the very least, burdened with it's own research and it's own weight) nor pragmatic; it is simply the definition that is commonly accepted by most rehab centres today worldwide because of it's phenomenal rate of success and the lack of a challenger. it's phenomenal rate of success is 60% (for first time recovering addicts). however, after three visits, statistically, the rate improves dramatically to about 95%.

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i think ..u will send few more posts to put your point clearly.....and then few more to clear the confusion generated by the former ones.

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Uppili posted Re: [Apache]Internet addiction on 2 yrs ago
: >>>>>>>>>>>>
: i think ..u will send few more posts to put your point clearly.....and then few more to clear the confusion generated by the former ones.
After a few more such confusion/clarification, it might even look like a research paper....
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