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Internet 'addiction' linked to depression
New York Daily News ^
| February 3, 2010
| Rosemary Black
Posted on 02/03/2010 1:44:35 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: DainBramage
DB that will clog up your keyboard then what you gonna do.
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posted on
02/03/2010 2:24:14 PM PST
by
mcshot
(Son of Liberty.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Apparently, everything is linked to depression or whatever for at least a day until they come out with the opposite.
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posted on
02/03/2010 2:26:14 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: ConservativeStatement
Maybe it’s just living in Great Britain, surrounded by Muzzies, that makes one so depressed.
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posted on
02/03/2010 2:29:43 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
To: Jake from AZ
Seems like the article is mentioning both as possibilities. If the statement of the psychologist quoted is interpreted, she is stating depression came first but the Net is just a temporary solution to some people and could make the situation worse. Her opinion.
Certain hard-core Internet users might have already been depressed before they started spending hours online, says Jean Cirillo, a Long Island psychologist.
Some people go online because theyre depressed and they want immediate relief, she says. It takes a lot of energy to go out and meet people, and there is always the fear of rejection.
“When you go online, you have the illusion of having interacted with someone. The person gets a high and feels better temporarily but then theres a big letdown.
To: freekitty
Even climate ‘change’ has been touted as causing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
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posted on
02/03/2010 2:31:07 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
To: ConservativeStatement
Did they ever think that depressed people are attracted to the internet? Noooooooooooooo, of course not.
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posted on
02/03/2010 2:32:49 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(It's the Marxism, stupid! ... And they call themselves Progressives.)
To: ConservativeStatement
“Some 1.2% were labeled Internet addicted by researchers at Leeds University.”
So, can we assume the ‘researchers’ at Leeds University conducted this poll via the Internet?
I heard there was a course in helping one deal with Internet addiction. It is, of course, only available ONLINE.
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posted on
02/03/2010 2:34:22 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
To: ConservativeStatement
When you go online, you have the illusion of having interacted with someone. ..."Who does the doc think we are interacting with? Bot programs? Dogs? lol She needs to get into therapy.
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posted on
02/03/2010 2:35:38 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(It's the Marxism, stupid! ... And they call themselves Progressives.)
To: UCANSEE2
Everything in excess! Moderation is for Monks.
-Notebook of Lazarus Long - Traveler
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posted on
02/03/2010 2:36:19 PM PST
by
Traveler59
(Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
To: mcshot
Im listening to Metallica albums and feel much better now. Im thinking of killing my parents.
To: ConservativeStatement
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Personally ... I think that depression (covert or overt) leads to increased internet usage ...
While married ... way back in 1996 ... when I discovered Free Republic ... I spent the next four years as a VERY active poster ...
Then I got divorced ... spent WAY too much time, money, emotions DATING ...
Recently ... the "woman of my dreams" ... dumped me after two years ... and two marriage proposals ... as of 1 Jan 2010 ...
Hence, my recent return to Free Republic ...
Don't get me wrong ... the topics are great, and information exchanged is superb ... BUT as one poster to this thread observed tonight ...
Human relationships (especially female) are FAR SUPERIOR to typing "political op-eds" way into the "very lonely" post-midnight hours ...
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posted on
02/03/2010 7:46:04 PM PST
by
Patton@Bastogne
(Angels and Ministers of Grace, Defend Us ....)
To: Patton@Bastogne
.
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posted on
02/03/2010 8:00:12 PM PST
by
Patton@Bastogne
(Angels and Ministers of Grace, Defend Us ....)
To: CaliforniaCon
Yep...
I’m in my early 30’s, and I think most people under 40 are spending more of their free time on the internet as to where 20 years ago they might have watched television.
I think it’s ok as long as you don’t neglect other aspects of your life (I’m married with children, so my internet time is limited to at most 1 hour a day when all is said and done).
My original post was said partly in jest... I don’t really think I’m in trouble. I just love the internet.
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posted on
02/03/2010 9:45:30 PM PST
by
TNLawyer
("Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,")
To: Traveler59
Lazarus Long turned out to be a real mother-f****r.
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posted on
02/03/2010 11:13:00 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
To: DainBramage
You should listen to Judas Priest, that way you will kill yourself instead of your parents.
To: Traveler59
Everything in excess!Sounds good to me. Let's stare at the Sun for an hour.
You go first.
: )
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posted on
02/03/2010 11:20:06 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
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