Internet addiction
Addiction is considered a pathological condition that means the inability to escape from a certain thing, so this thing is outside the limits and will of the person, and in this era many people are exposed to addiction problems, perhaps the most prominent of which is Internet addiction, which means the length of time that a person spends using the Internet for different goals and purposes, And this condition is pathological and completely unnatural, and the great technological development in our time has increased the demand for using the Internet from various devices, whether mobile or through smart phones and others, and in this article we will talk about information related to this topic.
Internet addiction causes
- Feeling bored.
- Emptiness and the length of hours in which a person does not find anything useful to occupy his time with.
- Feeling lonely and isolated.
- The privileges that the Internet provides to its user, where he can find various things that he likes or that are new to him.
Symptoms of internet addiction
- The long hours a person spends using the Internet in a way that exceeds what a person determines for himself.
- Feeling of distress, suffocation and tension in the event of the inability to connect to the Internet.
- The feeling of great and overwhelming happiness in the event that the Internet returns to work after it was interrupted, especially for long periods.
- Talking about the Internet and its services and advantages at all hours of the day and including it in most daily conversations.
- Distraction from performing various social duties, whether at the level of the family or the job, in order to allocate time for using the Internet.
- Use the Internet normally even in the presence of social and family problems.
- Use the Internet as soon as you get up to see new messages, events, pictures and various comments.
- Inability to face and solve life's problems and pressures.
- Feeling shy, introverted, and distant from people.
- Mixed feelings of joy and guilt.
Internet addiction outcomes
- Being alone does not know anything about reality, as it is completely separated from it.
- Health problems such as: back, neck, and eye pain.
- The failure of various social relationships, with marriage at the forefront.
- Bad morals, corruption and tampering with them due to exposure to cultures and civilizations that are alien to the person and different from his upbringing, customs and culture.
Internet addiction treatment
- Seeking serious help from responsible and experienced people before the situation worsens and the problem deteriorates further.
- Obtaining the support and encouragement of family, friends and relatives who are interested in the person's interest.
- Staying away from accessing the Internet through mobile phones to reduce the hours of Internet use, due to the use of the Internet at this time through phones.
- Set specific hours to use the Internet.
