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With the growing importance of the internet in everyday
life, more and more people are accessing various online
resources each day.
The world wide web is informative, convenient,
resourceful, fun, but also potentially way for internet
addiction
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We Will Talk About:
1. What Is Internet Addiction ?
2. Types Of Internet Addiction ?
3. What Are The Signs And Symptoms Of Internet
Addiction?
4. How Internet Addiction Treating You?
5. How Can Extreme Gaming And Internet Use Affect
Us?
6. Prevention
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Internet addiction is defined as the compulsive
urge to continually use the Net,whether it be to
spend hours surfing the Web, hang around in
chatrooms,or play online games .
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WHAT ARE THE SIGNS ?
Someone must exhibit at least five of the following traits to be diagnosed
with Internet addiction:
1. Preoccupation with the Internet, such as thinking about activities you’ll
do next time you’re online.
2. Feeling the need to spend more time online to achieve the same
amount of satisfaction.
3. Repeated, failed attempts to reduce Internet use.
4. Feelings of irritability, depression, and moodiness when Internet use is
limited.
5. Using the Internet for longer periods of time than intended.
6. Putting a job or relationship at risk so you can use the Internet.
7. Lying about the amount of time you spend online.
8. Relying on the Internet to regulate or improve your mood.
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9. Being defensive about the amount of time you spend online
10. Inability to complete other important tasks due to spending too
much time online
11. Missing appointments, work, or school due to using the Internet
12. Loss of sense of time when using the Internet
13. Loss of pleasure or boredom with real-life activities
14. Weight gain due to sitting for long periods of time
15. Weight loss due to skipping meals so you can be online instead
16. A decline in personal hygiene
17. Insomnia and sleep disturbances
18. Headaches
19. Neck and back pain
20. Carpal tunnel syndrome
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1. Do you neglect your schoolwork to go online?
2. Are you staying up late / not getting enough sleep because you are
online?
3. Have you made repeated but unsuccessful attempts to cut back,
stop or control your Internet / phone use?
4. Do you become moody, restless, irritable or depressed when you
can't be on your computer or phone?
5. Is your time spent online longer than what you originally planned?
6. Did your online use negatively affect a relationship, education,
career or job?
7. Do you hide the extent of your Internet usage from others?
8. Does the Internet serve as an escape from problems or relief from
a bad mood?
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How Can Extreme Gaming and Internet Use Affect Us?
1. unfinished tasks
2. forgotten responsibilities
3. weight gain
4. backache
5. neck pain
6. carpal tunnel syndrome
7. vision problems from staring at the screen
8. bankruptcy, especially if the time spent online is
focused on shopping, gambling and gaming
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Admit you are at risk of an addiction. More
and more people in the world are becoming
addicted to the internet. You are not the only
one with this problem
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Make copies of the information you need. If there are
pages which you look at constantly for information,
simply copy all the text and save it in a file, or even
print it off. This will stop you from using the Internet
so often, and it will stop you from drifting to another
page
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Get a hobby or an interest that doesn't involve the
internet, video games, computer, TV, cell phones,
smartphones, iPads, or portable media players
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•Remember to take breaks to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, and take care of your hygiene.
•Try to stay off websites that are addictive.
•Get your friends and family to help by reminding you when you have been on a long time.
•Turn off notifications,
•Regulate your sleeping patterns. A lot of people lose sleep while on the internet
•If you need to look up aquick topic, don't allow yourself to sit down.
••Put something (like a sheet) over your device when you are not using it. This can help you forget about
your device and the internet and will also help in preventing your temptation.
•Make a daily list. Add stuff on your list that doesn't involve the internet to achieve your goals.
•Think about the time you have wasted by hanging on in the Internet and quit from social sites that make
you addicted to them.
•Try using an ordinary cellphone that can be used to call and text only (i.e. without internet access, ability
to download apps, etc.). This will help limit the urge of always getting the chance to be online.
•Let others know that you are hibernating from being online for some time until you cut the urge to be
online always.