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Old Mar 29, 2016, 07:40 PM
DechanDawa DechanDawa is offline
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Originally Posted by George H. View Post
Yeah I get that but I too sometimes go online out of sheer boredom. There were times in my life that I was pretty much nonfunctional due to depression and anxiety. I would have loved the internet then even more than now. And the times that I wasn't mired down in MI I burned the candle at both ends and the middle too to try to make up for all that lost time. Then I wouldn't have had time for the net. Anyway, there is so much available. As long as you're going to be online anyway, seize the day. You may find something online to get you into so-called real life situations.

I think you make a good point that depression might cause someone to become internet addicted, and not the other way around, that excessive use causes depression.
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