Being so much ONLINE or net-addict, would it affect you in real life???

I think it would very much affect people in everyday life. My friend is so addicted to the internet that if you invite her to go out to a movie or out to eat, so will decline becuase she doesn't want to miss a night of talking to her friends online, or just being on and chatting! I did get her to come over to my house one time and spend the night but as soon as I went to bed she was on the comptuer posting away! I think being addicted to the internet is okay in moderation but when it affects with your daly life it becomes a problem.

Yes I think if someone spends all day in front of his pc, he could starts to be nervous. Sometimes it could happen that he doesn't care so much with real life and he doesn't go out and hang out with his friends or stay more with his family. That's what happen nowdays with internet, videogames, and things like that. Human contact is a bit lost than in the past.

Well it really depends....most people are online a lot of the time and are total addicts because of the way the society is and the fact that they dont have that great social lives cos the society sees them as outcasts...so well is being social outcast the outcome of being an addict or is it the reason?

Hi deadraven, first sorry for the delayed response.. I know you hate me for that :( I think being so much online has positive and negative affects on our personalities... Negatives: our social life with real people -friends/family- might get affected so badly, we may not have times for those people who really care for us.. and since we don't see our online friends' impressions we might get angry or misunderstand our real friends faces' impressions.. Positives: we get to know new people who can be good friends and know more about their world, countries and folklores... thank you :)

Well, I'm online on a average of 8 hours a day. I only work 2 days a week and the rest of the days I spend at home so I basically live in front of the computer. I lose sleep chatting for hours on end. Does it change my personality? Hmmmm.... I hope not. But I if it does change me, I hope it's improving me. I still get to meet and hangout with my friends whenever they're free and I've never heard any of them say that I've changed in anyway because of my internet addiction of some sort. But what I've noticed about my choice in topics during conversations and small talk is that they're mostly internet-related. I view the internet as a vital resource of information and so I make sure it's part of my life but it doesn't become my whole life. Get it?

I totally understand what you mean, we sometimes spend more hours on the computer/internet than we really should. For me, I am very mindful about it and try not to be too detached to the real world. In addition, I also try to make use of it to keep in touch with friends and families overseas which I would not be able to do so easily in the 'real' sense.

yes it might affect the social relations, that's what i have come to know so far. but everything is not proven like before some would say that watching TV would make u socially isolated. but TV is the main source of entertainment today and people still interact outside like they have been doing from before. i think if we make ourselves habitual to the outside world then everything would be fine

I don't think that a very much chat addicted person or Internet freak effect his/her daily life,If the person can handle himself than there is no problem in his or her daily life.

I believe that anything can be over done. If this person is married with a family, a job, and other responsibilities, those things need to come first. As far as it changing your personality, I believe that communicating online is much different from communicating face to face. If a person has problems with communication skills, that person will not improve by typing to people online. It all depends on what all you use the internet for. There is a lot of good information on the web. I am the type of person that never likes to feel like I am wasting time. If I feel that way, then I stop what I am doing and do something different.

Since I really have no life I spend the majority of my time on the internet and it doesn't get in the way of anything.

HELLO DEADRAVEN999, In my opinion,Yes.A net addict will also have affects in his life.A net addict will suffer from anxiety,lonelyness,depression and unwanted aggression. Resently I have posted a study report here in mylot, just a day ago. Naturally these sufferings will affect personality of a person also. Instead of getting addicted, let us take Net also as another entertainment tool like cinema,TV and Radio and spend only little time. The youth should take Net as another book for increasing their academic and outside knowledge, and spend time only for that purpose. Let us remaind ourselves that Internet Technology is mainly to boost World economy and not a gaming tool.

i think to sme extent it might affect. because long using on internet disconnects u with the real life. it makes u belaive in the fake world. & wht u see in this web world u try 2 et in rela but u dnt get it soit has effetcs o you. i think the usage shoud be limited. thank you

i'm an internet addict but mostly because my boyfriend lives far away so we're always talking to each other some way. if not online, then texting. it's made me miss out on a bit though, constantly being on the computer and not wanting to end the conversation get off. i don't think it's really affected me interacting with people in real life though. at least, i hope not.

I think will impact the life if spent too much time on line, you will not have enough time to see your friends to enjoin the fresh air and also if make friends on line but its difficult to meet face to face, not like real life friends and talk together can have dinner together,, so spend limited time on line everyday after working we'd better share our time with famiy and real friends in life