Internet Addiction
Addiction to Cyber Relationships
- The relationships formed online may not be sexual in nature but they can still be destructive and have negative consequences on your life.
- You may reach a point where your online social connections are more important than the real ties with friends and family in the actual world.
Cybersex Addiction
This type of Internet addiction involves online porn, adult websites. Sexual fantasy chat rooms, web cams with XXX ratings, and other sexual related activities online.
When these activities interfere with real world sexual or romantic relationships or they are used excessively then this becomes a problem and treatment is usually needed.
Questionnaire
- Do you play video games on the Internet in excess?
- Are you compulsively shopping online?
- Can’t physically stop checking Facebook?
- Is your excessive computer use interfering with your daily life – relationships, work, school?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be suffering from Internet Addition Disorder, also commonly referred to as Compulsive Internet Use (CIU), Problematic Internet Use (PIU).
Informational Addiction
You may find yourself surfing the web and looking up information constantly, and this can cause informational overload.
This phenomenon is called Wilfing which is the abbreviation of "What Was I Looking For?". It has many emotional disadvantages such as insecurity and hesitation, confusion, frustration and time pressure.
- ·Check email only twice a day unless absolutely necessary.
- No Facebook, or instant messaging.
- Check web status only once a day.
How to stop Internet addiction?
Online Compulsions
Online Shopping
Israelis set the record in 2015 for online purchases, a study by eBay released Monday reveals. No fewer than 95% of Israelis who use Internet-connected computers at home or work, or who own smart devices, bought something on-line in 2015. That was more than the 91% polled in June 2014, the last time the study was conducted.
Online Gambling
Some statistics
- These are Internet addiction issues that are compulsive in nature.
- Online gambling that is a problem, trading stocks, or even buying things from websites and auction sites like eBay can point to online compulsions that need to be addressed.
- Many people find that compulsive shopping is a big issue and it may be hard to resist the impulse to make a purchase or place a bet.
Computer Addiction
Explanation
- If you have a computer addiction then you need treatment for compulsive behavior .
- When you use the computer excessively for offline activities that may include games then you could suffer from a type of obsession compulsion or other disorder that needs to be accurately diagnosed and resolved.
Solution
- Limit the amount of time that is spent on the computer. You may want to use a stop watch or timer to alert you when you have exceeded your time on the computer.
- Set the timer for an hour, half an hour or whatever amount of time you plan to spend on the computer and make a commitment to stop using the computer as soon as the timer goes off.
- Take part in a hobby that you used to enjoy, take up a new hobby or make plans to have friend over.
- Spend time socializing in the real world rather than spending the time online is almost always healthier and conducive to stopping computer addiction
- Make a commitment to use the computer only as a tool.
ו ץ ףךתטוךףב
Internet addiction is described as an impulse control disorder, which does not involve use of an intoxicating drug and is very similar to pathological gambling. Some Internet users may develop an emotional attachment to on-line friends and activities they create on their computer screens.
