Addictions

With the internet being more and more readily available to people of all ages problems are beginning to occur from over use of it, it seems people can become addicted to using the internet. While addiction to the net poses no real serious damage to the health it can cause problems such as:

• Becoming increasingly withdrawn
• Cause break up or problems in relationships
• Lead to problems with depression
• Lead to problems with anxiety
• Cause problems at work/school if you are online at work or school
• Lead to problems of losing sense of reality
• Can lead to problems at work/school through late nights online
• Increased agitation
• Problems with eye sight or the back

What makes the internet so addictive?

The internet is a great way to escape for an hour or so the problems of daily life, probably one of the biggest addictions to the internet are chat rooms or the instant messengers which are widely available.

Chat rooms are available throughout the world and people can choose a nickname and join in conversations anywhere in the world free of charge, when joining a chat room talking is usually done via the keyboard but some also have the ability to talk one on one using the computers microphone.