Internet overuse leads to depression

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http://www.metro.co.uk/news/811525-internet-depression-warning-for-web-addicts

'If people are addicted, it can affect a person’s ability to perform at work or they may be failing to do chores so they can go online.’

This is true - I'm going back home to a sink full of washing up and hoovering! :D

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[leowyatt]

Haha it should read "Internet overuse leads to lazyness" :p

[Jonny69]

I'll agree with that article :(

Internet bad for Jonny.

[Knipples]

Dr Morrison, whose study was published in the journal Psychopathology, emphasised: ‘We don’t know what comes first – are depressed people drawn to the internet or does the internet cause depression?’

Thats the first thing I wondered, are people spending lots of time on the internet because they are trying to escape crappy lives, or because they have nothing else to do/don't feel like doing anything else because they are depressed?

[Mark]

Internet bad for me too - laziness and depression.

I was doing quite well during my absence - usually in bed by 11 and mostly awake during the day. Quite clear what I need to do then (and that doesn't mean leave again). :)

[Greenlizard0]

Thats the first thing I wondered, are people spending lots of time on the internet because they are trying to escape crappy lives, or because they have nothing else to do/don't feel like doing anything else because they are depressed?

Aye, it's something I noticed years ago but instead of the the internet, substitute e.g. an addictive drug.

I think it's going to get worse now tbh, fewer and fewer people use it as a tool which is what it is and instead start revolving their lives around it.