internet addictition

LegacyUser

i have got an internet addiction. what should i do? ithought i could get rid of the internet and i would be ok but now i am using my neighbors. I can only pick it up in an awkward corner of of my place so i have to sit in an awkward way to get it so i am hurting my back. But that doesnt stop me i have been on it for the lasty 9 hours!!

Before i used the internet i used to do the same with the television. i knew teletext inside out

i could spend days researchin the most pointless things


I dont know if it relevant but i have never really had anyone to talk i have always pretty lonely and never talk out problems

tenchi-fan

I'm the same! I was happiest when I didn't have the internet.

Looks like you'll need to get rid of your laptop.

I actually got rid of my modern phone and replaced it with a nokia that can only call and text because i couldn't help myself from checking facebook and messenger on it.

kylith

addict to wrote: »

i have got an internet addiction. what should i do? ithought i could get rid of the internet and i would be ok but now i am using my neighbors. I can only pick it up in an awkward corner of of my place so i have to sit in an awkward way to get it so i am hurting my back. But that doesnt stop me i have been on it for the lasty 9 hours!!

Before i used the internet i used to do the same with the television. i knew teletext inside out

i could spend days researchin the most pointless things


I dont know if it relevant but i have never really had anyone to talk i have always pretty lonely and never talk out problems

Maybe drop round to your neighbours and let them know that their wifi is unsecured.

Princess Peach

I feel this is the wrong place to come for advice, since I have a hunch many people here have the same issue :P

I find that once I am online to just check one thing, I get caught into some string of looking at nonsense for hours on end. Just try to do other things with your time, and have your computer turned off while you're doing it. If I try to watch tv or a film with my computer on, I can't concentrate on what I'm watching at all. And I try to go as long in the day without going on my computer as possible, because I know once I'm on its hard to get off. And maybe set yourself a set time each night your computer has to be turned off at, no matter what you're in the middle of.

I'm always online, but I find I'm much more relaxed if I'm reading, or watching a film or something. Too much online that winds me up, I don't know why I do it so much!

Overheal

I think the popular term these days is Screen Addiction.

Actually a good step would be to do a nice thing and go around to your neighbour and inform him that you noticed his internet is openly accessible and teach him how to lock it down.

This will remove the temptation to use his internet AND it will be you doing a good deed for someone else. Everyone wins.

However if you look at the Porn Addiction thread I would say the same thing to you as I said to the user there. Simply trying to stop engaging in an addiction is not enough. You should figure out why you have the time to spend on this addiction in the first place and address that instead.

You will find the more you find yourself, and other ways to spend your time, that the internet usage will taper off.

In other words many addictions are not the problem in and of themselves, but are a symptom of another problem, such as an unfulling life or depression or something else.

LegacyUser

i was thinking about doing hat but i don't know what neighbor it is. it could be anyone. i dont really know most f the neighbors