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Question for you, do you think the Internet is an addiction?
12 years ago
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I thought about it quite a bit, I wake up in the mornign wanting to check my messages, see something new, catch up with the news, but I'm wondering if I need to put it away to be more productive. I mean, after yesterdays workout which was intense... It just felt like I was doing som3ething new, that I was quickly changing as a person. It was kind of euphoric I guess...
I mean I watch people look at their phones and tablets and stuff all the time when I'm at the cafeteria or in an elevator or even walking. I don't understand it sometimes... It's like our brains are being changed to where we have to be constantly stimulated where I wonder if we will evolve to a point where our brains need to be stimulated all of the time.
I'm not sure what to do, if this is another step in improving myself, or even for others to improve themselves... Maybe I need to get out more and enjoy life even if I'm poor as hell and the school I go to seems to be screwing me over. Maybe I should just pull the plug on the internet for a week and see what happens... Maybe I should do that for spring break... Hmmm...
What do you guys think on this topic? And I'm being serious about this, I want to hear your thoughts. Do you think there are other addictions that relate to this that hinder people from truly achieving their maximum potential?
Also another question, does this quote apply to the internet addiction, or no?
"Time you Enjoy Wasting is Not Wasted" - John Lennon
On a side note I think I should definitely stay away from electronics for a week... It'll be interesting to see what happens to me in that time... Maybe I could write a journal to put in a resume or something. Or just for myself...
I mean I watch people look at their phones and tablets and stuff all the time when I'm at the cafeteria or in an elevator or even walking. I don't understand it sometimes... It's like our brains are being changed to where we have to be constantly stimulated where I wonder if we will evolve to a point where our brains need to be stimulated all of the time.
I'm not sure what to do, if this is another step in improving myself, or even for others to improve themselves... Maybe I need to get out more and enjoy life even if I'm poor as hell and the school I go to seems to be screwing me over. Maybe I should just pull the plug on the internet for a week and see what happens... Maybe I should do that for spring break... Hmmm...
What do you guys think on this topic? And I'm being serious about this, I want to hear your thoughts. Do you think there are other addictions that relate to this that hinder people from truly achieving their maximum potential?
Also another question, does this quote apply to the internet addiction, or no?
"Time you Enjoy Wasting is Not Wasted" - John Lennon
On a side note I think I should definitely stay away from electronics for a week... It'll be interesting to see what happens to me in that time... Maybe I could write a journal to put in a resume or something. Or just for myself...
Yes. It's an addiction. I hate having it but I love it at the same time.
But I suppose it can be as well, it's all a matter on how you use it, and your attitude towards it is.
The people constantly with their phones and tablets, ten years ago they would have been locked in their rooms playing video games, and ten years before that, would have been Beavis & Butthead constantly "busy watching TV." If it's new, someone will be addicted to it.
That said, it bodes well for you that you're even asking these questions at all, much less that you actually got out and did something else on your own accord.
What I would speculate is that, if you decided to do without the Internet, you'd only feel "withdrawal" for the first week.
I have work online so I can't just elect to live without it, but I have, in the past, been forced to do without it due to late bills, computer problems and extended power outages, as well as other "addictive" things like video games and television for other reasons. And what I found every single time was that, during the first few days, it really sucked, but then when I'd finally get it back, I'd actually be apprehensive about starting to use it again.
From what you've described, I'd expect the same thing to happen with you: For it to suck initially, but to still be an easy habit to kick as long as you felt required to.
I find myself distracted from other stuff, such as, say, homework and school related issues along with other things. It can be a BIG distraction (not that my games always are).
Do i think this can be rectified? yes, i think this is a manageable thing.