YOU COULD BE AN INTERNET ADDICT IF YOU :
- Experience a sense of well-being or euphoria while at the PC.
- Surf the Web for more than two hours daily and yet crave more time.
- Feel empty, depressed or irritable when not at the PC.
- Want to stop surfing, but cannot.
- Experience dry eyes, carpal tunnel syndrome, migraines, backaches, irregular appetite, sleep disturbances, and moodiness, irritability or restlessness when not online.
TIPS TO BEAT INTERNET ADDICTION :
- Tweak your routine to avoid the computer.
- Do something else when you feel the urge to be online.
- Plan and regulate time when you spend online with a timer.
- Increase social activities.
- Join a support, therapy or personal skills group to face people more confidently.
- Consider individual counselling or therapy.
