@sarahsweets

Thank you. I think you are RIGHT in that PC helps me and it doesn't really fall within the categorization of addiction per se. Internet addiction has not yet been recognized by the DSM, though research on the subject is in the making.

There are other newer addictions added to the DSM, including caffeine addiction and addictions probably not otherwise specified (e.g., I once met a person who was addicted to cough syrup in a trauma treatment center a decade ago when I was in-patient).

That said, PsychCentral offers the following quiz and information/articles on Internet Addiction (or sometimes replaced with mobile phone addiction):

Internet Addiction Test: Are you addicted to your smartphone?

Internet Addiction and Depression

Internet Addiction Guide | Psych Central

Not in the DSM-5: Internet Addiction & Parental Alienation Disorder

Why Internet Addiction Still Doesn't Exist

https://psychcentral.com/blog/is-int...ntal-disorder/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/whats-...r-in-the-news/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/intern...chinese-teens/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/china-...isons-addicts/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/moms-internet-addiction/

Here are more articles on Internet Addiction that are described at the following websites:

https://www.psycom.net/iadcriteria.html

http://www.addictionrecov.org/Addict...ex.aspx?AID=43

https://www.addictioncenter.com/drug...net-addiction/

https://www.everydayhealth.com/inter...diction/guide/

https://www.psychguides.com/behavior...net-addiction/

https://www.verywellmind.com/internet-addiction-4157289

And here is some research on the subject:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3480687/

Google Scholar Search from 2018-2019 indexed over 1k articles/books/etc. when I searched "internet addiction disorder" (quotations included): https://scholar.google.com/scholar?a...en&as_sdt=0,13