Just how bad is Internet addiction? Speaking as someone who works online and often times, cannot wait to log off of a day, I have seen the results elsewhere of Internet addiction. The aftermath is fairly scary in extreme cases. What is perhaps most frightening, is reading about some of the proposed signs of this addiction. Seriously, I can name ten people who exhibit the non-creepy/dangerous symptoms!
So what can be done? Taking some time to get help might be a good start. That and simply logging off for as much time as possible as to better work yourself away from the PC.
Many of you may believe that Internet addiction is just another excuse for whining. I would beg to differ and can point to a number of instances in which it has branched out into gaming addiction among other similar areas.
What say you? Is it all nonsense or could there truly be some truth to this Internet addiction as it were?