Are cyber people more prone to loneliness and depression?

"People seem to get depressed when they lack real physical contact with other human beings" I disagree...I've suffered from depression since long before the internet even existed and I find myself MORE depressed when I AM physically around other ppl in all honesty...Especially these days for various reasons... "impossible to be depressed and emotionally unavailable when you engage in making yourself useful to others and step outside of the confines of your own mind into the wider world of the bigger picture." I disagree with this too...though it may work for someone who is feeling blah...when it comes to severe depression, putting your issues and demons on the backburner in order to be helpful to others is a HUGE mistake..I did that for yrs and its not a good scene.... In my personal experience the BEST way to rid yourself of severe depression is to get to the bottom of it, the core...ONLY THEN IMO can you truly work towards ending it....Now with an occasional bout of the blahs or feeling blue etc then sure I imagine helping others etc etc would probably work but feeling blah and being severely depressed are two totally different things..

Very true indeed. People get so carried away by the false supremacy they get while online that they forget that there is more in flesh & blood than the e-flesh. People end up feeling lonely & get lost in this false world of virtual reality. Pretty good cure for depression that :)

Hi Sharone, I somehow, agree with your observation that cyber- ppl are more prone to loneliness and depression. physical real friends can'not be replaced by computer virtual frends. In anybody life, real friend is must requirement, to cope with his/her situation of life. everyperson must need somedy to release his mental-tension to avoid depression and loneliness. the strength of anyperson is meansured by the support of his friends to him. person having lots of friends never and can't able to go loneliness or depression stage. so it is advisable to talk and maintain the hermony inside and outside yours to avoid any such situation.