Internet addiction

• April 26, 2024

Dependence on virtual spaces such as Facebook , Twitter , other social networks , online games and the chat , has been denominated Addictive Internet Disorder (DAI), and in the United States this disorder occurs in 10% of users, of around 189 million, who use the Internet .

In the specific case of chat or chat , is dependence is characterized by the preference of temporary pleasure to intimate and deep relationships, indicates Manuel González Ascoy , of the Faculty of Psychology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

In this sense, it becomes a addiction when performance deteriorates in other areas, such as school, family, social, labor or economic.

The chat in Internet it is a real and inevitable phenomenon that can not be stopped, but it should be regulated because in some cases it can become a addiction with characteristics similar to those drug , the tobacco and the alcohol , he claimed.

The virtual conversation can lead to a dependence , because it interferes significantly in the normal life of a person. However, the researcher clarified that his practice does not develop the addiction By itself. "There are predisposing factors, but it is the culture medium for them to grow."

On the other hand, the Mexican Internet Association (Amipci) estimates that there are 23.7 million users of Internet in our country, as well as 8.7 million users of mobile .

Among the ravages caused by the chat , the specialist mentioned change of identity, cyberbullying , pornography , piracy, as well as economic and labor losses, according to a press release from UNAM.

On the contrary, it is also a way to initiate friendships, to chat with people of common affinities, to begin serious affective relationships, and the immediacy in the communication between countries and continents.

It also gives the possibility of changing sex, age and nationality, by "exploring fantasies "of the user, facilitated by the absence of physical contact and the ignorance of the interlocutor.

However, it may give rise to eroticism , the pornography (especially children and adolescents), blackmail, blocking or diversion of emails, "a sadistic management of information" hidden in the anonymity provided by the Internet .

The use of chat It is something everyday and natural for young people but, according to the university student, it becomes a addiction when performance deteriorates in other areas, in addition to the state of mind with loss of cycles of dream , emotional changes or stress continuous.

To face your addiction , it is important to plan the hours per day in which you are going to navigate; In addition, it is crucial to set objectives daily, as a guide, with the important things that should not be postponed and ignored, which will reduce the effects of said addiction .  

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Video Medicine: What you need to know about internet addiction | Dr. Kimberly Young | TEDxBuffalo (April 2024).