Do you think surfing the Internet relieves stress?

Surfing, just for the pure joy of riding the Cyber wave and finding interesting things tucked away in the corners of the Internet, is most definitely relaxing and a great way to de-stress. I'm a full-time family caregiver for my parents, so believe me, I know what getting stressed is. When I get a chance to just log into the Internet and let myself meander, with no particular destination or plans for what I am looking for, all of the stress just melts away. I don't get to "just meander" as much as I would like to, usually I am up there on the Internet superhighway in the middle of rush-hour traffic searching for information for something I am writing or for information on something pertaining to being a caregiver, but every once in a while I have the chance to take an off-ramp and cruise around the Internet's city streets or better yet the rural subdivisions in Cyberspace, and just enjoy looking at what people have done to their websites and reading blogs and stuff and the stress just vanishes. It's a wonderful thing, and I just wish I had more time to meander. MyLot is sort of a meander place for me, I'm not making money here - at least not anything I would depend on for paying the bills - so I can just relax and visit when I have some free time to get a chance to read what people are talking about and add in my own comments or questions. So I would have to classify MyLot as being one of the nice little craft bazaars on the outskirts of town where I like to visit and browse and sometimes I find out I have got something nice (paid for being here). As for sleeping better - unlike people that are always saying to get off the computer two hours before bedtime, I don't sleep better when I do that. I sleep better when I sit on the bed and meander aimlessly for a half hour or so before I go to sleep. It helps me relax more.

Hello beautyqueen26, I do love surfing the internet. I find it very relaxing too. But, I don't like to read current news online. It makes me feel headache reading all kind of unhappy stuff there.

I like surfing, and read whats new. I read many things before it became news on tv or radio. Its my way of learning and educating myself. I do it before mylotting.

I love surfing the internet because it not only relieves stress but it also helps me learn new things that I can share with others. I like learning new things all the time and surfing the internet helps out with that a lot :D Thanks for the post :D

yup most of all if u read some boring topics it makes u sleep fast!it relaxes me reading some inspirational stories and i cant start my day withaout browsing the net first.

Well i just use it for researching purposes, and sometimes I can't sleep good due the not completed tasks. But in my free time i like to use facebook, read my mail and have some fun on it.