Monday, November 2, 2009

Offline Stress Disorder

Rehab clinics have been opening up for a new sort of a addiction called Internet Addiction Disorder for people who just loves to be online a little bit too much. Even though the addiction may not directly effect someones day to day it will cause anxiety if for instance they don't have their iphone or access to the internet. Along with the disorder it theories have been coming up that iphones and facebook can cause OSD. There also other websites that go into more detail about internet addiction such as netaddiction.com
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5 comments:

  1. Shelby FloraNovember 2, 2009 at 9:40 AM

    That is completely true! Personally, I feel anxious if I can't check my emails a few times a day. When the internet goes down at our house, it's chaos as none of us roommates know what to do with ourselves. Slightly pathetic. Also, my crackberry (I call my blackberry that because it is do addicting) just broke in that it stopped forwarding my emails and is having trouble accessing the internet. Let's just say that I have been a bit uneasy.

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  2. Tisha.BNovember 2, 2009 at 10:55 AM

    Although this is sad, and slightly pathetic, I have to admit when I first moved to a new apartment I was without internet and TV for the first couple of days....Needless to say I was totally bored and very anxious that I would miss out on talking with my friends and watching my fav. shows. So this disorder is not to hard to believe.

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  3. CathyNovember 2, 2009 at 1:26 PM

    I could probably plead guilty to having this order as well. Even if I'm not really doing anything, I always have to have the computer on with the browser open. It can get very distracting at times.

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  4. DavidNovember 3, 2009 at 10:30 PM

    This is all sad, pathetic, but true as a society. I always have the thought in the back of my head... what IF, i lost my computer, or lost my iPhone and could not replace it for a significant amount of time...? I think I've subconsciously and consciously mentally prepared myself for such an occasion. I'm not sure exactly how I would react, but I would NEVER let myself become a victim to technology, in the case of losing it. I am convinced that I would be able to deal, and not mentally break down.

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  5. Aly RoseNovember 8, 2009 at 10:19 PM

    Didn't some guy in China die last year because he played video games for some ridiculous amounts of hours that he didn't eat or drink anything. i pretty sure that actually happen, so defiantly agree that this could be a real disorder

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