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 Interned addiction

Internet addiction is the use of the internet and the social applications available online to an

extent that an individual becomes dependent on these activities to be happy or feel fulfilled. In

most cases, what starts out as a fun way to pass time or get information takes over one’s life and

leads neglect of responsibilities and even in some cases make a person forget to take care of

themselves in terms of meals and hygiene (Arslan, 2017).

The main cause of internet addiction is the need to find escape and solace from depression,

stress, anxiety, loneliness and feelings of being overwhelmed. Having mental and emotional

conditions such as depression and addiction predispose an individual to internet addiction

because they have voids to fill and they use the internet as a distraction. People who have

experienced other forms of addiction are more likely to get addicted to the internet as opposed to

people who don’t. however, people who are overly shy, and with difficulty relating to others may

become addicted to the internet as an easier safer way to interact and connect with other people

(Arslan, 2017).

Some of the main effect of internet addiction includes a loss of sense of time when spending time

on the internet resulting neglect of responsibility and in some cases failure to take care of

yourself. In extreme cases, individual spend days online, gaming, gambling or engrossed in the

activity of choice forgetting to take time to eat of bathe. Another effect is the feeling of sadness,

anger depression and tension when their access to the internet is restricted. This causes them to

act irrationally and trade other important thing just to gain access to the internet. In some cases,

addict will search a better online experience by having an impulsive need for better gadgets,

more software as well as find themselves needing to spend more time than they can afford to

spend online. This will result in the person sacrificing real relationships and real experiences to
achieve nothing but arguments, lies, fatigue and isolation in an aim to attain a nonexistent virtual

perfection (Chou, Yen & Liu, 2018).

References

Arslan, G. (2017). Psychological maltreatment, forgiveness, mindfulness, and internet addiction

among young adults: A study of mediation effect. Computers in Human Behavior, 72, 57-

66.

Chou, W. P., Yen, C. F., & Liu, T. L. (2018). Predicting effects of psychological

inflexibility/experiential avoidance and stress coping strategies for internet addiction,

significant depression, and suicidality in college students: a prospective

study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(4), 788.