QUOTE(jlrr94 @ Jan 6 2008, 12:32 AM) I have to confess that I can't live without the computer I even take it with me when I go to the beach!!! wowwwwww now that is just bad...you really take it to the computer

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since i was 10 i started going on 12 hours a day

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I'm addicted to computer. Mostly when I use comp, I can spend 6 or more hours sitting in front of it! I just don't know how to stop it.

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I wouldn't say I'm addicted to the computer. I use it a lot, a couple of hours every day, because I enjoy it. I need to use it anyhow for school work and running a website, but in the event that I can't use the computer for a couple of days, I'm able to go without it easy enough. I think its fine to be addicted to something as long as it doesn't interfere with you performing the daily functions necessary to stay healthy and successful. If the computer is keeping you from having a real-world personal life or preventing you from getting necessary household chores and job-related duties done, well, then you might have a problem. Just keep your computer addiction under control, and you should be alright. The computer is a great tool, connecting people all around the world. You may have tons of internet buddies, but it doesn't substitute for the real thing. Try taking a break from the computer for a day or so, or maybe minimize the amount of time you're on it. Some people don't have that option because their jobs require them to be on the computer, but if you can, try it. The computer can cause a lot of health problems, particularly vision, if you overuse it. Put your health first.

 

 

 

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I don't NEED to go on the computer, I go on it because frankly if I'm not out with my friends there really isn't anything else to do. So no. I take my laptop on holidays simply because family holidays are as boring as hell, but apart from that no i'm not addicted.

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You could say I'm obsessed, but not addicted. I've gone without the computer for more than a week before. But... well, not usually more than that. I could be slightly addicted.

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i was (in love) with my pc for a few weeks but after that, i come and go has i feel like

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I think that using computer is not considered "addicted" but you should not use it all the time, you should spend time doing something else also.

Wean yourself off the computer, a little at a time. Set a timer for one hour, to start off, & when the timer goes off, shut down your computer until the next day. When the next day comes, set the timer for 55 minutes, etc. Using 5 minute increments, until you're down to 10 min. per day. When the timer goes off, time is up!!! Then it's family time.

Try to get some help. Maybe this is something that you are getting lost in for a reason. Try to figure out what is going on that you feel the need to be on here all the time and neglect your family. Talk to someone that you can trust and talk to your family as well. Family is the most important thing.

Try to reduce computer time *little by little*. If u sit 2 hours, lessen it to 1.30 hrs.

Give yourself a *reward* when u get off the computer. Something u can look forward to. Eg. if u love hot chocolate, tell urself u can only have the hot chocolate if u get off the computer.

Get out of the house. Socialize. Take a walk. Once you are out, believe me, u wont miss it.

computers can be very addictive. try unplugging your pc for a few days or put the keyboard in the closet. try watching movies with your family or dining out. stay focus on other things and limit your time on the pc.


I know it has been the best invention since the wheel, is it the computer and electronics I love, or my dependency b/c of pure boredom.... If it is from being bored, I do learn and find out hell of alot of info on this machine I cannot find other how

Why are computers addictive - Because you can sit do nothing and vegetate; while at the same time you feel productive but really did nothing but go up a level.

Finding out information is great but becoming a fat, uncoordinated, hart patient is not that cool. Computers are good and bad.

They have taken the kids from the playground and sat them in a chair for hours at a time.

Being board is a sign of not being creative. Learning to entertain yourself requires that you try new things.

If the power went out for a month in any American neighborhood neighbors would be out in the streets meeting each other developing community. People would be having get togethers and BBQs in front of their houses. Kids would be playing together and forming teams to play games, and people would lookout for their neighbors.

But computers and TV offer so much more. Don't get me wrong i love them too, but as a community, without them quality of life would be better.

I have the same problem; i can spend hours online. It's not through boredom though, there's lots i could be doing - lots of things i SHOULD be doing right now - but the computer provides somewhere i can meet new people, share my thoughts and find out information quickly and easily.

There's worse things to be addicted to than the computer. As long as your real life work and relationships aren't suffering then don't worry about it.

---> Efrain was here

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