Internet Addiction Disorder
Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) is a term that describes the compulsive use of the internet. If you spend too many hours online and feel deprived of something if you’re not online, then chances are very high that you should seek out an internet addiction treatment.
Web dependency can come with a heavy cost to your life, just like any form of addiction. And it affects not only you, but also the people around you. People suffering from IAD are often socially deprived, loose friends (although they might not feel it directly because they have “online friends” or “virtual friends”) and emotional ties with family and other members of their community get weakened, which are being replaced with the contacts they make in online communities. However, after some time, a feeling of loneliness can often set in, because online friendships simply aren’t a good substitude for real friendships.
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There is some debate among medical experts whether such a thing as Internet Addiction Disorder really exists, and if yes, how it should be classified. However, I won’t go into these things, because they simply don’t matter if you’re affected.
What matters is that you regain control over your life and use the internet as a useful or fun tool, not as a substitute.
Internet Addiction Test
It’s quiet easy to find out whether you are addicted to the net or not. Simply ask yourself these questions and answer them honestly:
- Do you often go online and don’t realize how much time has passed? A whole afternoon, evening or night may sometimes pass by with you sitting in front of the computer not doing anything in particular other than “being online”.
- Do you often feel exhausted, drained of energy but pumped up at the same time after spending many hours online? Do you sometimes have trouble falling asleep if you are online long hours before going to bed?
- Does the internet sometimes matter more to you than your “real life”? Do you sometimes put off tasks that are related to your real life because you “have” (or want) to do something online first? Do you take better care of your online friendships than your real friendships?
- Do you often find yourself spending more time online than you intended to?
- Do you sometimes try to hide how much time you spend online from others?
- Do you sometimes try to cut down the time you spend online but fail?
- Do you sometimes do things online when there are things you should do in your house (like washing dishes, cleaning room, etc)?
If you answered 3 or more questions with yes, there is a very high likelyhood that you have an online addiction.
In many ways, internet addiction disorder is just as bad as other forms of addiction. Sure it won’t bring you lung cancer like cigarettes, it won’t make you broke like gambling, it won’t kill you like heroin – it’s taking parts of your life that you can never get back nonetheless.
It’s true that the internet has opened up amazing possibilities, but at the same time, it’s also a time sucker, and in some ways, a life sucker. There are so many exciting and amazing things that you miss out on in life because of the time you spend online.
