Do you have an addictive personality?
By Chapman15
@Chapman15 (1492)
United States
January 2, 2007 8:41pm CST
I know it's human nature, but I know with some things it's in your genes to be addicted easily! I know that with mylot eventhough it's pennies and what I make over a month here doesn't add up to what I make in half a day at my normal job, but I'm addicted to seeing the money go up! I also get addicted to videogames, sports, gambling, or myspace for that matter... I don't think it's that good of a trait, but I am what I am, an addicted son of a b****!
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4 responses
@spcbrass (1190)
• United States
17 Jan 07
I posted ablog entry about this not too long ago. It was about my addiction to the internet. I listed all of the sites which I visit on a daily basis along with links back to them. Other people commented and agreed with me that they spend way too much time online as well. Some nights I have to literally force myself to go to bed because I am spending too much time online.
I too have the video game addiction but since my x-box finally crashed I haven't been playing all that much. There was a time where I would go buy a vidoe game on Friday night and have it finished by Sunday afternoon. I woul dplay nearly nonstop through the whole weekend just to get to the end. I would take 2 or 3 hour naps here and there to rest my eyes and they get right back to playing. Once I start with the games I simply can't put them back down!
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@Idlewild (6090)
• United States
17 Jan 07
I used to write copy for a psychology book club (for therapists) and we often did books on addiction; I took a quiz for Internet addiction and found that I qualified!
The good news, if any, is that I'm watching much less TV (because I'm online), and fortunately I'm old enough that video games weren't around when I was a teen, so I never got into any of that.
It goes in phases. I was a total Xomba addict in the Fall, then found some other sites, and now I'm a Mylot addict. But I've been trying to cut back, honest...
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@Chapman15 (1492)
• United States
17 Jan 07
It's funny how you check things daily, certain sites and go back to them eventhough you know there's not going to be anything new on them! On slow days at work I tend to find myself roaming the internet opposed to talking on the phone...
@soldenski (2503)
• United States
17 Jan 07
YEs I think I have an addictive personality. I was addicted to smoking, then drinking and in between eating. I am still addicted to over eating but I am taking a handle on it. At one point I was addicted to mylot, myspace, snc, but we have been going through some rough time's and have been laying in bed doing nothing. I know it's not good to be addicted but I don't have control over it.
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@Chapman15 (1492)
• United States
17 Jan 07
Yeah, I guess it's a gene from what I've studied, and you either have it or you dont... I guess were the lucky ones who got it lol... Hope everything gets better for you!
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@kokopelli (4842)
• United States
3 Jan 07
i can get addicted to something for awhile, but to make it an everlasting one, it must be really interesting and beneficial :) actually, the opposite was my prob when i was younger, i easily lose interest on something. mylot is cool, and i can say my 'addiction' to it will last longer (especially if they'd perk up the earnings a bit, hehe). addiction can be overcome, may be hard but very possible. just need to have tons of determination, discipline and will.
@Chapman15 (1492)
• United States
3 Jan 07
I was thinking about your response for a little bit and realized that I do the same type of thing, but I go back to them... I tell myself ohhh, I'm done with that now, but a couple weeks later I'm back at it! I too would love for them to perk up the earnings!
@shywolf (4514)
• United States
6 Jan 07
Wow! I'm the exact same way ^_^ I will get soo into something when I'm into it, like posting here at Mylot. I can barely stop. *laugh* Then, after awhile I'll probably become burned out on it and will drift away. But when I am into something, I get very passionately into it and it is like an addiction. I've always been like that. It's a good thing that I'm pretty frugal with money, because if I had ever gotten into gambling I can only imagine the amounts of money that I could've lost! *laugh* ^_^
@Chapman15 (1492)
• United States
6 Jan 07
lol, gambling is a bad habit I've had, but it makes me more interested in things that I really don't care all that much about... On the other hand maybe I shouldn't be gambling on things I'm disinterested in! Oh well, I am what I am!
