Internet Addict

Philippines
November 8, 2010 2:54am CST
Are you an internet addict? If asked this question, most people are in denial or perhaps not aware that they are already hooked on the internet. Just like any other addition, internet have great impact on our behavior and how we live our lives. I have a list below that is symptomatic of internet addiction. If you think your behavior patter has changed and agree to the list, stop being in denial and time to take a pause from the internet. 1. Spending longer hours on the internet more than intended. 2. Neglecting chores to spend more time on the net. 3. Lesser intimacy with your partner and prefer more time on the net. 4. Grades at school or your work and job performance suffer. 5. Spending more time indoors and less with friends. 6. Defensive or secretive if asked what you do online and how long you go online. 7. You are a member of more than 2 social networks. 8. You snap, yell or get annoyed when interrupted while online. 9. Losing sleep and logging on as soon as you wake up. 10. Feeling depressed, moody, bored when you are offline. Me i guess not totally an internet addict, i am online 12 hours everyday because of my work and do some other stuff when i have a spare time. Mostly i am on the net at any moment and i do enjoyed my stay over here. Like doing some social network, making money online or chatting with friends that i only i do after office hours or even when i rested sometimes, i take a small nap and then back to net again. That is what i have do in my everyday routine, but i do not admit that i am an internet addict.
2 responses
@sajujohn (1005)
• India
7 Dec 10
I think I am.I am saying this after reading your "ten symptoms" that you have given above.I am very much interested in using Internet and I feel very boring when I am offline.I don't know why but nowadays I am not trying to use it frequently but even then I am doing so.I don't know why it is so.
• Philippines
8 Nov 10
What can i say. I have to be honest to admit that I am everything you have mentioned in your 10 cases.And you know what, i am enjoying it.My offline world works around my online world.The dishes can wait, the garden can wait, the dogs and the cat can wait, everything has to wait till i am finished with what i have to do online.