Are you addicted to the internet?
Lexington, KY - This popped up on a forum I visit a lot.
For some people, the Internet may promote addictive behaviors and pseudo-intimate interpersonal relationships, reports Wieland in the journal, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. "Such cyberspace contacts may result in cyber disorders such as virtual relationships that evolve into online marital infidelity (cybersex) or online sexually compulsive behaviors," she writes.
CNN: Growing concern over Internet addiction
Uh-huh...
That's just what we need. One more group of "special" victims with "special" problems demanding "special" treatment and dispensation from the rest of the "normal" world.
This reads more like a group of people with other problems like impulse control, loneliness to a crippling degree, dead or dying relationships, etc...
If we give Dr. Diane M. Wieland her way, what do we do then? Does the surgeon general require a warning pop-up every time you boot your browser, IM or RP client? Will internet addicts qualify for insurance and/or government funded rehabilitation? Perhaps severe cases will qualify for a permanent disability from Social Security that will even cover internet costs and a new computer every 30 months or so.
Give me a break!
A tip of the hat to Fry for finding this one
QoTD:
"As a cosponsor of the Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, I am working to end discrimination within the health insurance system against those with mental illness and addiction disorders."
Patrick J. Kennedy - (D) Rhode Island (1967 - )
For some people, the Internet may promote addictive behaviors and pseudo-intimate interpersonal relationships, reports Wieland in the journal, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. "Such cyberspace contacts may result in cyber disorders such as virtual relationships that evolve into online marital infidelity (cybersex) or online sexually compulsive behaviors," she writes.
CNN: Growing concern over Internet addiction
Uh-huh...
That's just what we need. One more group of "special" victims with "special" problems demanding "special" treatment and dispensation from the rest of the "normal" world.
This reads more like a group of people with other problems like impulse control, loneliness to a crippling degree, dead or dying relationships, etc...
If we give Dr. Diane M. Wieland her way, what do we do then? Does the surgeon general require a warning pop-up every time you boot your browser, IM or RP client? Will internet addicts qualify for insurance and/or government funded rehabilitation? Perhaps severe cases will qualify for a permanent disability from Social Security that will even cover internet costs and a new computer every 30 months or so.
Give me a break!
A tip of the hat to Fry for finding this one
QoTD:
"As a cosponsor of the Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, I am working to end discrimination within the health insurance system against those with mental illness and addiction disorders."
Patrick J. Kennedy - (D) Rhode Island (1967 - )