[ExI] Bodies

Jeffery P Davis heavensblade23 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 9 22:00:43 UTC 2010


> Good point Damien.  I wonder what percentage of people are depressed,
> and what the degree of depression is.  Seems that the number is quite
> high, regardless of Internet use.

It's considerably more complicated than 'internet addiction causes
depression.'
Maybe in some cases it does, in others already-depressed people are
self-medicating
With internet use, and in yet others, internet overuse is mimicking the
symptoms of depression.

I've noticed if I'm not careful about my usage it saps my will to get
anything of worth accomplished.
There's always some low-investment activity one can be engaged in on the
internet and it's tempting for
People with attention-span problems.




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