INTERNET addiction

bizi · Jul 29, 2021, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Fuzzybear

I'm so glad you're doing better

Much love to you

Thank you fuzzy,
hope you are doing alright.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

bizi · Jul 29, 2021, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Fuzzybear

Hey Bizi

I do not have an internet addiction but I just saw your post. I'm glad you're still posting

I have not seen giddykitty for a while.

Hugs and respect

I was also thinking how important language is for our well being (there are certain negative, emotive words I try to limit my use of

For my wellbeing and hopefully for others too.....)

Did I say something wrong?
sorry if I did. did not mean to.
bizi

giddykitty · Jul 30, 2021, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by bizi

hi gitty kitty.
I thought you were bipolar?
I must be thinking of some one else.

I figured out that all this time I could be
diagnosed adhd when actually I am just bipolar.
Your motor runs high, You can definitely

have both of those disorders.
I should get off this computer have been on it for hours.
need to get to bed at a decent time tonight. had to get up early this morning to take a much needed shower.
It is hard for me to get into the shower. I avoid them until after 45 days I just have to take one.
do ya know what I mean?
nice to see you back.
(((((HUGS)))))
bizi

No, you thought right! I had a dx of "unspecified biopolar" but now recently, they seemed to see hypomania presenting, but if after this trial of vraylar doesnt help, then will reconsider adhd. I mean, it could very well be both too!

Anyhoo. Yea, I'm working on all things though, sleep, net use, getting things done, and trying to be happy but not overly so. Vraylar seems to be helping since i missed my dose yesterday and could see how it would be if i was off again. And THIS next is what i forgot in my last communication to you. Maybe i just still don't have enough in my system and maybe over time, the missing a dose won't be AS dramatic as it was. But idk. I need more thoughts on this now. So here i am.

Right, back to work now tho, eh?

Fuzzybear · Jul 31, 2021, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by bizi

Did I say something wrong?
sorry if I did. did not mean to.
bizi

That post was ages ago, I don't remember posting it. You didn't say anything wrong

Makeetelich92 · Sep 22, 2021, 07:12 AM

I have seen just how addictive and damaging Internet Addiction can be to the addict as well as their families. I have found most addicts, especially young adults, have social anxiety as well as a lack of focus in their lives.

Rose76 · Mar 15, 2022, 08:54 PM

Internet addiction has been a serious problem for me, and it just gets worse and worse. One day a week ago I lost my phone, which is my only access to the Internet. I kept getting so bored, I looked for things to do around the house. By the end of the day, my apartment was the neatest and cleanest it's been in months.

I had thought that chronic depression was keeping me from doing chores around the place. In reality, I was just constantly preferring to be reading or viewing online than doing anything else. My favorite thing is being in front of the TV with my phone in my hand. For hours on end, I'm totally absorbed watching the two screens.

Right now, I need to leave the house. But I first have to tear myself away from the two screens. I've told myself to ease the transition by finding a podcast I can listen to while I'm out of the house.

Fuzzybear · Jul 27, 2022, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by bizi

Have never been a reader. But have been an internet user since they became popular. Was on line for the forums at braintalk before they went bad. Now am a member of neurotalk but it is so small found myself needing more support.
So that is when I really restarted back up her at psych central.
I am bipolar so that is where I am posting for the most part.
bizi

I'm sending hugs

and I know this is an old post

Tart Cherry Jam · Jun 23, 2023, 12:59 AM

I have this weird thing of checking my email, facebook, messenger, this site again and again throughout the day. The thing is, I do not get that much email, I do not post on sites a lot so there are not a lot replies, and there are plenty of things that I could be doing with my time which would be better, both work and non-work. Why am I doing that?
I have implemented inbox zero successfully, so in essence I keep returning to an inbox that most of the time is empty.

LadyShadow · Jan 15, 2024, 11:09 PM

I had an internet addiction for close to 20 years. I would spend nearly all my time online, forming empty relationships and just living my whole life online. Since going to jail and to rehab, I was forcibly removed from the internet completely, and even though it was a horrible experience, it was a freeing one. I got to form real life relationships, I spent time getting to know myself outside of the online world, and these days, I feel free from it all together. But I do know what it is like to be in the grips of it.

Rose76 · Jan 16, 2024, 02:47 AM

@LadyShadow - that's inspiring. I'm sorry you went through the tough stuff you went through, but it sounds like you landed on your feet. Sometimes control has to be taken away from us before we realize that there's a better option than what we've been choosing.

LadyShadow · Jan 16, 2024, 09:38 AM

@Rose76 It was a hard road for sure to get there. But in all honesty, if I wasn't forced to be isolated from the internet, I wouldn't have stopped. I have been lucky enough to have come out of it, and today when I am home, I find other ways to occupy my time and try to be with more real-life people. Thanks so much for saying its inspiring, it really means a lot. <3

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