Does Your Time On The Computer Interfere With The Rest Of Your Life?

[MainerMikeBrown]

Some of us may wonder if we have clinical computer addiction, especially for those of us who are on it all the time.

Those who have it usually deny it. So if your honest about it with yourself and ask a therapist if your clinically addicted, your probably not since most with the addiction would never ask a shrink.

Also, if your on the computer 30-plus hours per week but it's not interfering with your life, then your not an addict. Some people have to be on the computer a lot since it's their job. Your only seriously addicted if it interferes with other aspects of your life.

 

[Dana]

No not at all

 

[BadBoy]

I spend 40 hours per week on a computer since its what I do for work. Other than that, I don't want to look at one when home unless I need to pay a bill or look something up. I rarely, if ever, browse at home since I do it all damn day!

 

[KLD1019]

im on CONSTANTLY! then again, im a SAHM, house is clean, 6 yr old gets dropped off at school between 730/745 and picked up at 3. if i have nothing to do or anywhere to go, the computer is where im at. but after 4 or 5, i dont get back on usually.

 

[hart]

I'm on at work, bored at work, at home, rarely unless I'm hunting for something in particular......

 

[Springsteen]

I do spend a lot of time on my PC but I wouldn't say it interferes with my life, in terms of I can always prioritize the more important things.

 

[AUFred]

Rest of my life gets in the way of my computer time.

 

[darkcgi]

I used to be on it all the time but after I got my first smart phone I broke free
so after work I may or may not be on it
I was glued to the xbox but now im so laid back I just go with what ever
cause I have always been and outside kid till I got into computers when I was 23
I was always skate boarding or in the woods or something
climbing trees
I hated video games at one time cause they only way to play them was to put money in the arcades
I wasnt into wasting money my Dad taught me about money and values early on and Im a quick learner

 

[darkcgi]

instead I learned how to bend a paper clip just right and how to make the arcade machines think I put a quarter in

 

[Peter Parka]

Nope. Sure a spend a lot of time on it but I'll abandon the internet when I have other stuff on.

 

[alice in chains]

mine gets in the way i should be sleeping right now but cant stop listening to music

 

[Barney]

In some ways I think it takes a lot of my time, but that is time that I'd waste watching TV, thereby I'd rather be on my Mac than watching TV.
I don't consider me as an addict, but it's right that I'm always online, through my iMac or my Iphone, so in a way, I could be considered an addict.

 

[darkcgi]

you have to have a life for it to get in the way
i have a life but it involes electronics
dont know what i would do with out them
live in a grass hut with a dirt floor i guess

 

[dancingpotato]

I don't get on at work but spend quite a bit of time when I am at home on it, just browsing and sometimes shopping. Wouldn't say I was an addict but would struggle without my beloved google!!

 

[Guyzerr]

my Dad taught me about money and values early on and Im a quick learner

instead I learned how to bend a paper clip just right and how to make the arcade machines think I put a quarter in

I'm thinking your dad forgot to teach you the part about stealing isn't part of good values.

 

[The Doc]

Im addicted to facebook, but i use my phone for that. Im also addicted to wikipedia and look up random stuff all day long to pass time. I also dont like buying CD's, or news papers, and buy alot of shit online...so yeah im addicted.

 

[Staci]

I'm stepping out of this thread

 

[AstriaPorta]

If i want i can spend many hours on the computer i have plenty of time to check and do what i want when i am alone ...so usually from about 4:30pm to 10pm the latest i leave this time to spend it with the family .. cook dinner and spend time with the family .. sometimes i go on the computer even this hours but when everyone else doing something else, like today it is now 8:45pm and my husband watching a movies (i seen this already) my son on his room, so just here for about half an hour to pass my time lol but i will leave the computer any second if i have something else to do

 

[Rachie]

I really don't have any other responsibilities right now, so the computer is what I do 95% of the time. I don't consider myself and internet addict though.

 

[RedRyder]

I used to be on line way more than I am now. I mean way way way more. I have weaned myself off quite a bit. I had things that needed doing and that pretty much pushed me.

Now I'm torn between having Satellite TV and the internet. LOL!