Health: Now we're even more addicted to the Internet

Health, internet addiction, jerald block

Now we're even more addicted to the Internet

Jerald Block, M.D., writes in the American Journal of Psychiatry that excessive use of the Internet — Internet addiction — results in a loss of a sense of time and the neglect of basic drives. But his report isn't all good news.

According to the Guardian, Block uncovers symptoms of Internet addiction including:

Withdrawal, including feelings of anger, tension and/or depression when the computer is inaccessible;

The need for better computers, more software, or more hours of use;

Negative repercussions, including arguments, lying, poor achievement, social isolation and fatigue.

Not sure any of this is really bad. At least not for us. More arguments, lying, poor achievement, social isolation and fatigue, please! Some of us need pageviews.

2:20 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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Dweezil at 02:38 PM on 03/24/08
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I don't need a better computer to follow Alaska Miller around.

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Alaska Miller at 02:50 PM on 03/24/08
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i'm not addicted. i'll log out right now. i promise.
Zoo at 02:51 PM on 03/24/08
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Alaska Miller.. Star-Commenter-At-Large
Alaska Miller at 03:17 PM on 03/24/08
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i lied. i do web development and live in the valley, what's the ETA on julia allison pinging me?
Dweezil at 03:34 PM on 03/24/08
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@Alaska Miller: Front end or back end?

(it's a trick question because i'm going to turn an answer for either into a dirty joke!)
plushmessiah at 03:57 PM on 03/24/08
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>The need for better computers, more software, or more hours of use;

Bullshit- I do all my trolling on a dual pentium 3 Rackable Systems server circa 2001 that i refurbished myself, and i step out to real only every second day to by milk and cereal.
I have $48m.
johnnypotatoes at 03:59 PM on 03/24/08
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>i do web development

When?

>and live

When?
Alaska Miller at 04:38 PM on 03/24/08
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@Dweezil:

i bought a ruby on rails book so that i can make a $60 million website. i'll do everything to make sure my site stays up. and hard.
Alaska Miller at 04:38 PM on 03/24/08
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@johnnypotatoes:

since 96 and since 91
matto at 06:40 PM on 03/24/08
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i begrudge your time in the spotlight, sir
Dweezil at 09:46 PM on 03/24/08
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I begrudge both of you for having one of those star things next to your username. Unless it's like the yellow stars Nazis made the Jews wear.

They came first for the popular, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't popular.
matto at 11:11 PM on 03/24/08
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@Dweezil: I think it means I've been flagged by the TSA.