I watched a local television documentary entitled ‘Kalye’ (Road) and they tackled the issue of Internet Addiction Disorder in one of their segments. This is an interesting subject would you agree?
What is Internet Addiction Disorder?
According to Wikipedia, Internet Addiction Disorder or IAD is Internet overuse, problematic computer use or pathological computer use, is excessive computer use that interferes with daily life.
Okay, so with that, we should only consider it as an addiction if being online interferes your daily life and hurts your relationship with other people.
What are the symptoms of IAD?
- difficulty cutting the hours spent on the Internet
- lack of sleep
- fatigue
- conflicts such as failed grades or decreased productivity
- apathy and racing thoughts
Question for Discussion
Now that we uncovered what IAD means, I have a question for you guys. Do you have this in one way or another? Are the type who spend so much time for some social networking sites and online games like Myspace, Facebook, Friendster, Twitter, Plurk, DOTA and the like?
How about those people who heavily rely on being online for a living like Internet Marketers and bloggers? Can you consider them having this disorder? Why or why not?
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I lack sleep doing much online work, but that’s not because of too much Facebook or Twitter. I’m starting my own freelance writing business and that’s what keeps me up and busy most of the time.
