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No. 182331

Do you believe that it's a real thing? Do you think that you spend too much time online, and that it's affecting your life?

To be honest, I think I'd be way happier if I cut my internet time and picked up a productive hobby, but I just can't bring myself to do it for some reason.

No. 182336

of course it's a real thing

No. 182486

>>182331
It is, I'm also going through the same thing. It is the main cause of my procrastination. I just wish I could find a way to motivate myself out of it.

No. 182503

Eh sure. Since I don't have much contact with real people I feel like I "need" to be here to keep in the loop, ya know?

I do try productive hobbies in short bursts but I feel ineffective at everything I try. It's depressing, but it's also somewhat depressing spending all day being a content whore for people more talented than I am.

No. 182504

I'm currently trying to cut down on internet time. You can see how well that is working…
Right now I'm trying to at least use it less when my husband and I are at home, so we'll talk more. I'm also horrified of having a child and being on the internet all day long instead of looking after them.

No. 182508

Anyone who denies internet addiction is a thing is disturbingly ignorant. I have known people who wake up and spend literally all day online, then go to sleep. And this is their life for years, some of them still to this day after a decade. Even some people I know with serious careers will sneak into the bathroom to look online way more than is acceptable.

I have it pretty bad when I'm unemployed, but when I'm working, I can go weeks without going online. Depends where I am in life and how much I've got going on.

No. 182697

I think that people are out of touch with themselves because of the internet.
We are an unsocial social society. There are so many social app and sites, but most people just acknowledge the people around them superficially (liking pics, liking commentary, dead-end comments, etc.).
Most people don't even know how to "be with themselves" due to the internet imo. For example, if you're waiting for something or are in a uncomfortable setting most people tend to fall back onto their phones instead of engaging with their environment somehow (even just sitting there and taking it in).
I think one way that we learn about ourselves is by interacting with others. This doesn't mean being outgoing or social, but we can learn many things about ourselves via other people.
Most of the younger people around me can't even do phone calls because they feel uncomfortable. I myself can't pull away from the internet entirely, but I'd like to try little by little until its not so prominent in my life. I don't think the internet is evil, but I think it might be "too much" for people.

Sorry for long post

No. 182699

It's definitely real, but the people who whine about it publicly are just pathetic and have no self control or don't want to change.

>>182508
>I have it pretty bad when I'm unemployed, but when I'm working, I can go weeks without going online
I feel like that's the crux of it, only by having enough irl stuff going on can you break the cycle
My main problem is that I want to create art, but the moment I put something online I just sit and refresh the page and wait for days to see how it's received. If I was making more work rather than watching my likes I would be far more fulfilled and achieve more. Sometimes I just turn off my wifi.

No. 182703

I think almost every waking moment on the internet.

I work on the internet, I'm taking a course in making websites but I know even if it wouldn't be the case, I would still spend that much time on it.
It's my fucking default setting. Nothing to do ? Go on the internet. Something to do but too anxious ? Internet.
I tried to bring it up to my psychiatrist when I was hospitalized for depression but nothing came out of it. It's not something remotly recognized where I live.
Sometimes, I wonder how I would have turned out whithout internet.

No. 182709

>>182504
Same anon. I'm trying really hard to stop using it so much and mindlessly browsing while at home. I know it's offputting to a lot of my friends online because I go weeks without being on but honestly, I can't waste my life being online. There's so much I need to do.

No. 183140

It's a thing. Also, everytime I spend entire days on imageboards I feel like I'm sinking into depression. But I don't know what else to do. Gaming isn't as fun anymore bar some specific games. Tv series are hard to get into since they are always more about making money than telling a coherent story. Guitar playing lasts only half an hour a day. No relationship etc.

It has gotten to the point where i like having stuff to study because then at least I feel productive.

No. 183183

It's nonsensical to worry about internet addiction (in such broad terms at least). The internet is the source for pretty much everything now, most of our offline activities and interests have transferred there for convenience. News, work, socializing, studying, TV/movies, books, games, shopping, a huge variety of hobbies, etc etc. You're just as capable as spending a day productively online as you are wasting it.

If you can narrow it down to specific, unproductive things on the internet (like facebook), that's another story.

No. 183187

>>183183
>Internet addiction isn't a thing
>Addiction to stuff on the internet is a thing
What a completely useless post

>>183140
Why do you have so much free time? You sound like you could greatly benefit from an irl activity like a job, charitable volunteering or a some kind of hobby class/club.
Alternatively make guitar playing last longer?

No. 183265

>>183183
This. It's not about how much time you spend on the internet. It's about what you're doing. Somebody using the internet to communicate with their friends and engage in discussion about things that interest them is much different from somebody mindlessly consuming content and scrolling imageboards to avoid other things in their lives. It's pretty easy to tell the difference.

No. 183272

>>183140
How about getting sunlight and being outside, ever heard of it? Also getting a job helps, too.

No. 183288

>>183183
I don't think you get what internet addiction is anon.

It's not about someone who just sits online a good amount of the time because that's where the stuff they enjoy doing is, it's someone who's compulsively spending time online, to the point that other parts of their lives are getting left behind.

It's when you can't stop yourself using it an unhealthy amount for no real reason.

No. 183353

>>182331
It is. It's affecting my life. I can't gather the courage to cut the cord.
It's sad.

No. 183548

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I think internet addiction, as with most addictions, is mostly indicative of various other untreated factors which pushes people to seek an escape somewhere else. Most obvious case with internet addiction being having terrible anxiety and subsequent depression. People are social animals so we still want to feel like we're interacting with other people, but without all the stress involved so we turn to the internet in which we can interact without having to worry about body queues or offending people because we can just close a thread or chat if things go south.

No. 183572

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I need to have access to a computer or my smartphone all the time because of college, since we get almost all of our info online, and because of that it's hard to resist procrastinating online. When I'm on holidays and I don't need to be online as much as usual I can avoid going on the internet for useless reasons sometimes and focus on my hobbies or hanging out with friends or whatever. It's really frustrating because even the hobbies I have online like watching anime on some streaming websites seem like an hassle so I just don't do it and go to imageboards, tvtropes or twitter for hours. I shouldn't be posting this, actually, I'm supposed to do some assignments on my computer. There are so many series, books, anime and video games I could have finished if it weren't for that, and I think even then I could have more time to do other things and sleep more.

No. 183575

>>183572
have you tried cold turkey, the productivity program thing? I probably sound like a shill but when I was at university I ended up having to resort to it. I'm very much like you - I have tons of games and shows on this pc but I spend most of my time just shitposting on 4ch or refreshing tumblr.

No. 183577

>>183575
Yes, I tried that but only on my laptop. Each time I tried coldturkey I ended up using my phone instead to be online and wasted even more time. I have no self-control.

No. 183585

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>>183572
I thought I was the only one who procrastinated watching anime. How does this even happen? Why does watching a half-hour episode feel harder than spending 3 hours on useless imageboards?

No. 183586

>>183577
Get Forest. You set a timer which is symbolized with a small tree and if you cut the app to do something on your phone while the timer is on, it kills the tree.
It feels good when one day you manage to grow several one-hour trees and have a little forest. But it's the kind of app where you need to believe in it for it to be effective I guess.

No. 183587

>>183575
Not her, but cold turkey never works in a society where the internet is a click away.

No. 183595

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>>183585
I dunno about you, but for me, it's a combination of having ADHD and anime not being a good enough distraction from my depression. I guess imageboards have more variety, which means they're better at grabbing my attention.

Shit sucks, because I've got close to 300 anime on my to-watch list yet keep putting it off because I can't stand the idea of watching a 30 minute episode.

No. 183612

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>>183595
I've been knitting and crocheting while watching anime. It makes it a little easier because I have something to focus on, instead of just sitting still while I stare at a screen.

No. 183614

I can't even watch a movie or my favourite tv shows without fucking around on my phone or computer anymore

No. 183615

>>183614
Are you sure it's not actually because the movie or tv show is shit?

No. 183654

>>183614
>>183585

I have the same problem. I can spend all day just browsing imageboards, sometimes webcomics keep me occupied for a while but that's about it.
I watch movies every so often but when I do so on my laptop I almost always open a tab of an imageboard next to it or put the two in little windows next to eachother. With that distraction nearby it's very difficult to actually sit through a slow-paced scene, whereas I actually love very old films with slow-paced stories.
The only way for me to actually pay attention throughout the entire film is to play it on a large tv screen, deliberately put my phone and the remote away and preferably watch it with other people.
It's getting ridiculous.

No. 183669

>>183612
Hey, thanks for the idea. I've been wanting to take up either of those as a hobby anyway. Which one would you say is easier for beginners to learn?

No. 183693

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>>183669
Crocheting is much, much easier. If you make a mistake, it's very easy to undo it. I can basically crochet simple patterns while watching subbed anime because I don't need to look at it. I haven't attempted to knit a sweater or anything because you can't watch anime as easily. And if you do make something and decide you hate it, it's very easy to unravel and do it again.

I learnt how to do it when I was a kid, so if I can do it, anyone can do it. Just find a book with a lot of pictures, or watch youtube videos that go over stitches slowly.

http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/granny-blanket

This is a very easy to pattern to do once you get the hang of crocheting. I'm just using the basic instruction in one colour to make a giant blanket for myself. It'll probably take me 50+ more anime episodes to finish, which is how I prefer it.

Sorry for the long post, I just really like crocheting and knitting.

No. 183703

>>183693
This is great! I appreciate the long post, and it's always nice to hear about something someone is passionate about. I'm seriously going to give crocheting a go now. Thanks so much!


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