Life Style as Adicctive Substance-Internet and Cellphones

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LIFESTYLE AS ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCE

ELENA VALENCIA 4F


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Outline

What is your deffinition of drugs? Types and use of drugs What is an addiction?

Lifestyle as addictive substance What is Internet Addiction? Types of Internet Addiction What makes internet use addictive?

Symptoms Consequences


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What is your definition of drugs?

How many types of drugs are there?

a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic


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The other side of addictions


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What is an addiction?

OBSESSION

COMPULSION

EXCESSIVE PSYCHOLOGICALDEPENDENCE

Powerful experiences such as:

SEX LOVE GAMBLINGSHOPPING FOOD INTERNET

CELL PHONES TV VIDEO GAMES


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Stadistic in relation to affectedpopulation

1)15% of the population are addicted to theInternet

2)Mobile phone 10%

3)Work 10%

4)Shopping 5%5)Gambling 3%


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INTERNET ADDICTION

Internet addiction is defined asthe compulsive need to

continually use the Net

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TYPES OF INTERNETADDICTION


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THE SYMPTONS OF ANINTERNET ADDICTION

Dry Eyes Headaches

Back Aches

Eating irregularities (skipping meals)

Sleep disturbances Inability to stop the activity

Problems with school or job

Feeling empty, depressed, irritable when not at the

computer Having a sense of well-being or euphoria while at the

computer

More time is spent researching than actually completing

assignments- incomplete or missing assignments


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CELL PHONES

are the new cigarettes

Today cell phones have become a part ofour identity

28 % of 18-34 year olds check Facebook on their smart phonesbefore leaving bed15% people have interrupted sex to take a phone call56% admit to use their phone on the toilet

People claim that they cant live without the mobile phone


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Young cell phone users are more likely toexperience depression, cyber bullying andsleeping disorders

Another problem texting while driving is twice aslikely to cause an accident as drunk driving


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AM I AN INTERNET ADDICT?

LETS DO THE TEST


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1= RARELY2= OCCASIONALLY

3= FREQUENTLY

4= OFTEN5= ALWAYS

1. How often do you stay on-line longer than youintended?

2. How often do you neglect household chores tospend more time on-line?

3. How often do you prefer the excitement of theinternet to intimacy with your partner?

4. How often do you form new relationships withfellow on-line users?

5. How often do others in your life complain about

the amount of time you spend on-line?


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6. How often do your grades or school worksuffer because of the amount of time youspend on-line?

7. How often do you check your e-mail beforesomething else that you need to do?

8. How often does your job performance orproductivity suffer because of the internet?

9. How often do you become defensive orsecretive when anyone asks you what you do

on-line?

10.How often do you block out disturbingthoughts about your life with soothing thoughts

of the internet?


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11.How often do you find yourself anticipatingwhen you will go on-line again?

12.How often do you fear that life without theinternet would be boring, empty, and joyless?

13.How often do you snap, tell, or act annoyed if

someone bothers you while you are on-line?14.How often do you lose sleep due to late-night

log-ins?

15.How often do you feel preoccupied with theinternet when off-line, or fantasize aboutbeing on-line?


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16.How often do you find yourself saying, Just afew more minutes, when on-line?

17.How often do you try to cut down the amountof time you spend on-line and fail?

18.How often do you try to hide how long youvebeen on-line?

19.How often do you choose to spend more timeon-line over going out with others?

20.How often do you feel depressed, moody, ornervous when you are off-line, which goesaway once you are back on-line?

RESULTS


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RESULTS

20-49 points: You are an average on-line user.

You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, butyou have control over your usage.

50-79 points: You are experiencing occasional or

frequent problems because of the internet. Youshould consider their full impact on your life.

80-100 points: Your internet usage is causing

significant problems in your life. You shouldevaluate the impact of the internet on your lifeand address the problems directly caused byyour internet usage.


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Control yourself !


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Life Style as Adicctive Substance-Internet and Cellphones

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