According to a recent article on sciencedaily.com, Internet Addiction is in fact a very real problem.
Apparently it affects about 10% or so of all of all world wide web surfers and it goes by the technical name of “Internet addiction disorder”.
This condition can lead to both anxiety and eventually major depression.
Some experts even suggest that it be included along with other types of addictive disorders like drug addiction and kleptomania.
At this point in time, world wide web surfing addiction is officially classified as an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD. This is a moderate to severe mental health
condition which eventually results in a desire to engage in ritualistic thoughts & behavior, like excessive handwashing for example.
It appears that there are 2 distinct groups of people who are at greatest risk from this particular disorder, according to the experts. One group is teenagers. Perhaps more of a surprise however, the other risk group is males and females
in their mid-50s suffering from a sort of mid-life crises. The symptoms of WWW addiction in both of these groups are
somewhat vague and are very often touph to diagnose. Sufferers might experience a difficult time sleeping, anxiety attacks while not web surfing, isolation factors,
less prduction at work, and of course time periods of depression, unfortunately.
Recent research findings of this disorder have recently been published on the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.
Some experts state that web addicts are inevitable and are simply a product of modernization.