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Internet addiction – sounds familiar?

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 by macinger84

While the medical world holds multiple theories whether Internet Addiction can be categorized as compulsive disorder or behavior or as a type of psychological disorder, the fact remains that it is a alarming practice that is gradually sinking its root deeper and deeper among the young and the adolescents section of the community. As there are two sides of a coin, Internet addition has both benefits and drawbacks.

In the simplest of the terms, devoting too much time glued to the Internet is Internet addition. The general compulsion to sit at the Internet for hours together is what we term as Internet addition. The lure of the World Wide Web is so great that it is beyond the capacity of many to stay away from it thus making themselves the victim of many unwanted situations.

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