Depressed Surfers

As I came across a time.com article entitled "Study: Obsessive Wed Surfers Are More Depressed", my first thought was, it seems like bad business practice for a website to tell people surfing the web will make them depressed. The author, Alice Park, explained that pathological Internet use is a way of "self-medicating or manifestation of the persons mental state." Is the fact that people who spend a large amount of their time on the Internet are more depressed, really surprising? Any teenager who has been stuck at home sick can testify, there is nothing more depressing then spending hours on Facebook when no one is online to talk to you.

The article also states that students reported to feel moody, nervous and uncomfortable away from the computer. It seems everyone has there drug. My sister is constantly texting on her cellphone. At this very moment my cousin is getting annoyed at me because my blogging is taking Internet speed away from his Xbox addiction. This informative piece once again shows that our generation is addicted to technology. The advice given to parents is to "monitor children's online activities," but in my opinion parents should take their kids to go get ice cream or make them join sports.

On a side note, in between every few paragraphs of this Time article there is a link to other article. The first was "25 websites you cant live with out," the second, "Facebook No-Nos," the third, "Best Social Networking Apps." This probably is not the safest article to read if you have an Internet surfing addiction yourself.

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