When they consider interenet addictiive

To me being addicted to the internet means that I constantly have urges to log online when I am not.it is the first thing I want to get on in the morning and it is the last thing I get off of at night..that I would rather be online then to clean house,do laundry,get sleep,or do stuff I am supposed to be doing...everything seems to take a back seat to me wanting to be online. Actually from what the doc says.. I do have a compulsive eating disorder..and I am supposed to keep my mind and hands occupied..so being online is best for me..not sitting in from the of the boob tube staring at yummy commercials of food and other stuff..So I am glad to be addicted to being online. I also like to read alot..so it helps me in more ways then one being online...except for the household chores never get done on time..

I think some of the guidelines that apply to other addictions also apply to computer use and the internet. Not if you use it every day. It could just be a habit. Signs of addiction would be if you use it instead of eating or sleeping, if it interferes with your job or regular routine, if you substitute computer use for relationships. I do not think you do any of that. Your husband is not well, and whether he says so or not, he is probably afraid of being totally neglected or of dying. Also bored. He is not kind to you because of this. You do not seem to be addicted to internet to me.

I'd say most of us on the Internet are addicted to some degree. To me it's like reading a book, if it is interesting, you can't put it down, but when you come to some slow parts, it's easy to lay it aside. Well the internet is much the same for me.

I would say I am addicted to the internet. It's pretty much all I do all day, every day, all night, every night, except when I am out with friends. It even takes away from when I am out with friends because sometimes I want to get home to the computer! It's actually a hard addiction to break, more difficult than the average person may think.

i surf about 8 hours a day

what i feel is that being addicted to the internet is just not losing interest in it ....personally i feel i am addicted to internet... whenever you have an opportunity of doing something useful ..you just dont feel like leaving the pc and do any work,,, that is what internet addiction acoording to me.

I would say the internet can be addictive. I am on the internet for many hours everyday, I have learned how to get up and do other things and get away from it. But I also earn money, so thats an incentive for me to be online. I do think husbands and wives can be jealous of time spent online. Husbands like to be the center of attention, they can get jealous of something that takes you away from them.

I don't know if there is a real measurement, but I would say it's addictive when you can't or don't want to, go a weekend without it. If you can take off and do other things and if you don't turn it on first thing every morning (I used to do that!), then I think you're ok. I work online, so I'm glad sometimes to get off, but find myself wandering back to it at odd hours and that bothers me.

I think it is addictive to people who get on it every day just to kill time or play games or stuff like that. I use mine every single day to make money though. I am not addicted to the computer but I am addicted to make sure to get my daily money.

I think some games and mylot are addictive, I think checking email is like checking snail mail, unless you are panting over every little piece that drops in - like me

To me addictive is my daughter-in-law. She gets on first thing in the morning and does not want to get off for any reason. She does not do house work and lets it go only doing what she can get by with. She stays on while she tries to cook, it's like she can not stand to be a way from it , one waking moment. That is addiction to me. Have a great day.

I would consider someone to be an internet addict if they were glued to the net day in and day out, without paying attention to the chores they are meant to take care of. Some people need to work on the net for long hours.Per me, that is not addiction. Addiction would be when the person can do without net, yet chooses to surf the net neglecting other duties which he/she should take care of. I know that several teens get addicted to net when they start gaming. I saw this issue with my cousin. Luckily, he has overcome this now.

Watching TV, playing video games, reading a book, surfing the net...i thinks they all fall in the same catagory.

I think to be considered addicted to the internet you would have to be neglecting your responsibilities, hiding how much you are online, neglecting human relationships and overall be a hindrance in your daily life. If being on the internet for long lengths of time takes you away from everything else you should be doing and causes a disruption in your life- then you should take a look at reducing your time online or getting help.

probably when you say. "I can quit any time I want to.", it has become addictive!

I think it becomes addictive when you become obsessed with some aspect of the web. You have to log on often or else you feel lost. I am addicted to a work at home website plus emails. I check my email 3 to 4 times a day. Most time no new email, but i feel compel to check constantly.

I admit I am addicted to it. I consider myself addicted to it because I would rather be on the internet than clean my own house. Of course I also make money online and I am addicted to that too. I write articles for content sites and get paid for it. So I am online all hours of the day every day. The only time I am not working is when I am on Mylot or if I am checking email or paying Bingo on pogo.com I even wrote an article about internet addiction. :)

Hello friend. So far as I am concerned, I think that I am an Internet addictive, because once I don't have to work, I don't want to do anything else, but sit in front of the computer surfing the Internet, chatting with my friends and mylotting. I can stay with my computer for the whole day without stepping out of the house. So I think in this case of mine, I can consider myself an Internet addictive. Enjoy yourself, suspenseful.

I think it's probably the same means of measure that you would use for any addiction. It's a hobby if you do it in your leisure time It's an addiction if you do it instead of other things you should be doing I guess that's how I measure it.

I don't think that everyone who spends many hours online is addicted to the internet. Lots of people spend many hours online and there is nothing wrong with that as long as they don't neglect other parts of their lives. But if the internet becomes too important, there is a problem. If you lose interest in your (offline) friends and if you start getting annoyed when they stop by for a visit, because they are interrupting your internet activity, I think that the internet has become TOO important. I used to think that I was addicted to the internet, but I don't think so any longer, because when I travel I can easily live without the internet for a few weeks. On my last vacation I passed several internet cafes, but I didn't even consider spending my time there, because I want to spend the time on seeing as much of the country as possible. In my daily life spend many, many hours online, and I love the internet, but I am no longer worried about being addicted to it.