Typing Proficiency is the Gateway to Computer Addiction.

[tp4tissue]

2019 update:: Still addicted.. !!


No improvement. Desire to participate in AFK activity meters: 0.00

Has anyone actually managed to quit 'puters ??




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Stop the keyboards,   Stop the addiction.. !!



Nothing is more real, nothing is more convenient,  and yet our physiology and mental processes have not evolved to deal with this growing digital influx..

It's too late for Tp4,   but perhaps others can be saved..

[SpAmRaY]

But I had the computer addiction before any typing proficiency.

[tp4tissue]

But I had the computer addiction before any typing proficiency.

Before becoming keyboard proficient,  the Cost and Latency to most computer activities are HIGH.

So,  under those circumstances,  other activities can compete.. going outside, throwing a ball, skateboarding, etc

However,  once we do master the clickities ,   the hooks go in deep..   there is then simply no pulling away..

[fanpeople]

I only learnt to touch type like a few years ago. Mainly after finding this forum. BUT I HAVE BEEN ADDICTED TO INTERNET PRON FOR MUCH LONGER.

[tp4tissue]

well that's only ONE aspect of -the internet- you're addicted to..


Tp4 can literally not leave the computer for more than 30 minutes without feeling mildly anxious..

[drewba]

But I had the computer addiction before any typing proficiency.

+1

I didn't know how to type when I was logging serious hours in Castle Adventure on DOS around the age of 4.

[tp4tissue]

But I had the computer addiction before any typing proficiency.

+1

I didn't know how to type when I was logging serious hours in Castle Adventure on DOS around the age of 4.

Hrrrm.. i think we all have different internal definitions of computer addiction..


Sure some of us had used the computer quite alot,  back in the day..   But  TODAY,  for Tp4,  this is a fixed-path,  I can't get off.. i can't do anything else..  I don't even feel particularly safe away from my computer for too long.

[drewba]

Please sincerely answer the questions below so we may evaluate if an intervention is right for you!

1. How often do you engage in this substance or behavior?
2. Think about a typical day / week. On how many days do you engage in this substance or behavior? How many times per day?
3. Think about the past year. What is the greatest number of times you’ve engage in this substance or behavior on any one occasion?
4. How often during the past year have you found that you can’t stop taking this substance or stop this behavior once you had started?
5. How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of a substance or behavior?
6. How often during the last year have you needed this substance or behavior in the morning to get yourself going?
7. How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after taking this substance / engaging in this behavior?
8. How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because of a substance or behavior?
9. Have you or someone else been injured as a result of taking a substance or engaging in a behavior?
10. Has a relative or friend or a doctor been concerned about your use of a substance/behavior or suggested you cut down?

[tp4tissue]

Please sincerely answer the questions below so we may evaluate if an intervention is right for you!

Questions 1 through 8

1. How often do you engage in this substance or behavior?

------- 14 hours a day, 365 days a year



9. Have you or someone else been injured as a result of taking a substance or engaging in a behavior?

------- I get a sore lower back sometimes.

10. Has a relative or friend or a doctor been concerned about your use of a substance/behavior or suggested you cut down?

------- They all tell me I should go outside and chase skirts..  they simply do not understand the plight of #ronery4ever

[tp4tissue]

2019, Still addicted.. !!

No improvement.

Has anyone actually managed to quit 'puters ??

[Sintpinty]

Can confirm....have been addicted to computers and been obsessed with them while every kid in elementary be doing sports and ####