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I admit, I'm addicted to going on the computer and I wish to stop. Now I don't need any, "Shame On You" posts because that's only going to make it worse. I'm asking about how can I stop my addiction of computer use? Help me, thanks.

*Try focusing on other things in your life....Hobbies...Take a walk...Talk to a friend...Or go to Computer Addictions.com..Good Luck friend*

2006-10-08 21:33:18 by kilobatz

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Please I need help. My grades dropped down last semester. I barely have a desire to eat when I am on. I slept on my computers on most days. When I am sleeping, all I think about is when I will be able to log on tomorrow morning.

I know this is not a healthy living habit and I do try to change. I go to several counselors; they don't seem to care. I ask my parents for help. Their answer: "How could you have computer addiction? It's not a disease." I even nearly threw my computer down a cliff but someone stopped me thinking that I was attempting a suicide.

At least I do have one positive side effect. I learn most computer languages online but I am not planning to become a computer programmer because I realize how overpowering computer programming is to have the power in taking over my life.

By now you're probably think I am crazy. I admit it too but I just need someone who has gone through addiction and overcame it to tell me how to stop mine. Thanks.

you really have to take control again. set a limit to how long you are online for fun etc and how long you are on to study then switch the thing off. I may be am not the best person to say this as its 4 am in the morning here in the UK and I am still up on the darn thing lol. but really switch it off take a walk with out taking the laptop with you. get out do fun other things find something else you like doing. anything as long as ifs safe and its not the computer. take care

2007-07-29 19:47:26 by Anonymous

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I am slightly addicted to computer games. I'm about to go to a very challenging High School and I don't want to have a computer addiction which will get in the way of homework, sports, friends, and everything else! Help!

First things first... get rid of your games... I know this sounds tragic and you're probably thinking "what? This guy has no idea how much these games mean to me" and my answer is YES I DO, my roommate in college is the same way - hrs upon hrs of games, nothing else.

I would first get rid of them so that you can't even physically play them. Maybe keep one ore two for times when you have no other obligations.

2nd, start working out and doing lots of exercise... this will automatically make u feel less interested in sitting around playing games.

Hang out with people that are active outside the house, people who like to go out and do stuff...etc

Also, you can make a reward system for yourself. Make sure you get a certain amount of productive stuff done before you play a game. Maybe on one night you don't play at all. On the next night you can play one round or one game after you finish your homework. Start small and work your way up to never playing them anymore...

I'm telling you though, you are smart for wanting to get out of the game scene... I am a first year college student and my friends who play video games constantly underperform significantly. As a matter of fact, my best friend in high school was a game addict and he didn't end up getting into any of the colleges he applied to...

you're already making some good decisions.

2009-06-03 13:54:28 by The Genius

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How does the overuse of computers effect our daily lives? What are some of it's consequences? Are there any benefits? Are people trying to improve the ways people use computers? What health conditions can be associated with too much computer usage? Are there ways to prevent them? Are there bigger, more underlying problems? Has our culture been changed by computers? What are the pros and cons to this? How are individuals effected by computer addiction? How is the economy effected by it? etc etc

People aimlessly and incessantly playing meaningless "games" might have less time to devote to thinking about what they can do to improve the detrimental effect we are having on our environment - at worst, an addiction to computers among the general public could act as another opiate of the masses.
But it can also help people to mobilise action on such and other issues.
We are more accessible than ever before (what with mobile phones, Blackberrys etc.), which can intrude massively on our interactions with the people whose company we happen to be sharing. It can allow work to trespass into private time, which will affect our personal relationships, which will in turn make it more likely that our society will become more fragmented. People in fragmented societies tend to feel less empathy or sympathy for others.

It also allows companies to bombard us with a constant barrage of advertising, most of which is not intellectually stimulating and in any case is replaced very shortly afterwards by yet another advertising message. I am sure that our average attention span is shortening, although we can probably skim through more material more effectively than any other generation. We seem however to be losing our appetite for considered, in-depth analysis as a result.

On the other hand, it allows people to communicate far more easily with those they care about, even if they are on the other side of the planet. That can't be all bad.

2007-04-03 16:27:27 by jtf7793

I spend a LOT of time on the computer. and lately its starting to worry me, but i cant stop it. whats the difference between an unhealthy fettish and a full on addiction?

Could you live without it

2008-01-27 14:47:13 by Anonymous