If you haven’t comb your hair, brushed your teeth, haven’t fixed your bed and its already noon, have callous on your right hand, can’t concentrate without checking your email, or if you find yourself eating BRUNCH everyday or missing out lunch and dinner, if you feel strongly attached to your virtual friends, if google is your early morning and late night rituals, then for sure you know you have acquired IAD!
IAD is divided into subtypes, such as;
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watching pornography
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gaming
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involvement in online social networking sites (friendster, multiply..etc.), chatrooms and blogging community
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Internet shopping addiction
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And all other internet activities that interfere with your normal life.
Have you asked yourself why you spend so much time on internet? Is it controlling your lifestyle? Is it eating you? Is it consuming your life? Is it affecting your work?
Most likely, if you are spending too many hours internet-ing, you are looking for ways too hide your loneliness or depression. You tend to look for an outlet to release your bad feelings, to connect with other people, to find belongingness. Not that everything’s wrong about it but what’s scary is when you start to be like this:
Here are some powerful tips on how you can stop your Internet Addiction Disorder!
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Cut the computer power cord.
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Cut your DSL lines
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Install Internet Security
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Configure Parental Control on your router
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Dis-assemble your PC
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Place your computer in the least comfortable room in the house.
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Intentionally put virus on your PC
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Subscribe to the worst ISP
There are many ways to become disconnected from the internet but it sure takes a lot of courage and discipline. I have very high regard to those people who can stay away from it and those who can put balance between their cyber life with their real-world life because I can’t do it. No matter how I try, I can’t just ignore my paid opps and you…..my dear blogmates.
Ok, once and for all…I will STOP my internet addiction disorder!
NOT!!! hahaha
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