Web obsessions/addictions
I’ve recently become interested in what drives people to obsessively use certain web sites night and day. Is there a general growing obsession with the web and the endless links that it provides? When can one reach a point that she knows that their browsing time has become too much?
Video game addiction is much the same, players get sucked in to playing a new video game and play for hours and hours, trying to achieve the next level, or battle the boss, and gain a prize. I’m interested in know how video game playing and web addiction interact and overlap? Has web addiction replaced TV addiction for some sub-groups? These are often solo-activities, which is interesting as well. I’d like to find more writing on this topic. and will report back when I’ve learned more.
I think that with any obsessive/compulsive activity however there is hope that one can gain control over their compulsions. I’ve mentioned on of the older books on this topic already, but a new PBS series has turned me on to this author and his book: “Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness”. I’ll have to buy it when I’m done with some other reading, but I’m particularly interested in what he is saying about these points. There are too many people that are baseline irritable or obsessive that may benefit from his book in their search for peace.
To Curb Anger:
- Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage
To Conquer Impulsiveness and Learn to Focus:
- Develop total focus with the “One-Page Miracle”
To Stop Obsessive Worrying:
- Follow the “get unstuck” writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness &mdash by Daniel G Amen
more later
Peace
Holden Smith
