up to nine million Americans could be labeled as pathological computer users.
because they don't want to spend the night in bars watching sports? or there's nowhere near them that plays any music that they like? or there's just no social set-up that caters for someone of their beliefs in the local area?
It smacks to me of someone saying see those people over there who aren't consuming the mass media in the way that you are, the ones who read books or talk about politics, they've not got something more, they're ill, no need to worry yourself about it. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Those saying there IS a problem - with some people (most of whom have existing problems) - don't just deplore their preference. It's a bit more than that:
In a 2008 editorial published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Jerald J. Block, M.D. argues that Internet addiction should be included as a disorder in the DSM-V. He notes that symptoms of IA mirror other compulsive/impulsive disorders, including: 1.) excessive use (often associated with a loss of sense of time); 2.) withdrawal symptoms when access is denied; 3.) increasing tolerance (including growing needs for exposure to obtain the same effects); and, 4.) negative repercussions (including social isolation). He further observed that diagnosis was complicated because 86% of study subjects showing IA symptoms also exhibited other diagnosable mental health disorders.[16] ibid
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1.) excessive use (often associated with a loss of sense of time);
Thank god for the little clock in the corner, (Do Apples have them? and could there be a link?) ;-)
2.) withdrawal symptoms when access is denied;
Ditto mobile phone internet
3.) increasing tolerance (including growing needs for exposure to obtain the same effects);
People on the internet have been getting MORE tolerant???
4.) negative repercussions (including social isolation).
and what others?
diagnosis was complicated because 86% of study subjects showing IA symptoms also exhibited other diagnosable mental health disorders.
Hmmm so who's the sane one on the site? Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
lol! not that kind of tolerance! they mean you need ever higher doses to 'get off'. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
What exactly are these effects?
