Internet Addiction: A Clinical Disorder? - Judith Horstman

[DrSpooglemon]

I'm so glad she didn't say that video games, etc. are responsible for ADHD...

[mcluvin1357]

is there a better way to target internet addicts than a webpage. lol i mean really how can you bash that

[ileverette]

I'm addicted to god, and christ, hope my dopamine receptors can handle it. And on the bright side, even if the don't, I still have god. Now where did I put him again? Just kidding I know where he is. Here, and there. I think I might get addicted to posting about jesus on this you tube sight. Or not. Bye:)

[TundraRabbit]

says the old women

i moved away from my old school to a new one at the beginning with my freshman year

and there are people there that use drugs and are rude assholes, which i never had a problem with in my old school

i dont want to be friends with the assholes or the super smart try hards who ace every test

damn you, modern society!

[HerrSpieldose]

if the American Education system were up to par, then maybe there wouldn't be a problem with this so-called epidemic...

I have a boyfriend in Germany and am bored with the US education system so I often hit facebook and am on Skype daily with my man because of our relationship and I am in high level classes, learned 3 languages in college and aced them all and learned 2 on the side and knew German, English and Sign as a kid from family and the US education system fails and now boredom is a dx?

[HerrSpieldose]

@HerrSpieldose the school system is boring and most advanced classes are filled with useful idiots that even the incompetents have affirmative action or sports or family status to threaten their way out of being failed, then it is no shock to me... I get all A's, have ADHD and spend most of my class time on facebook with friends because class time is boring... whether or not I am on Ritalin or not... so let's be realistic and take responsibility for the factors involved.

[HerrSpieldose]

@HerrSpieldose the school system is boring and most advanced classes are filled with useful idiots that even the incompetents have affirmative action or sports or family status to threaten their way out of being failed, then it is no shock to me... I get all A's, have ADHD and spend most of my class time on facebook with friends because class time is boring... whether or not I am on Ritalin or not... so let's be realistic and take responsibility for the factors involved.

[mvtegel]

Sexism, ageism, racism.... are hurtful and disappointing. Some of you oils five that some thought whether you agree with this person or not.

[quitejaded]

AHH! I have internet addiction AND ADD. Stimulants do NOT help my add problem so I think its more of an anxiety thing.

Anywaysssss... I need some solutions. Some techniques that will actually work and I can be comitted to because I am still in school. I don't have time to be addicted to the 'net and I can't make youtube my 'full time job' yet :o

[webeducation]

Why is she making fun of the fact the "Center for internet addiction recovery" has a website. They're supposed to have a website. That way the family members of the "internet addict" can find some help and guidance. How would the family members find this help otherwise. Also, did she take into account that her video on internet addiction is on web?

[imseeingred9119]

@webeducation it's called irony. if you have any ounce of humor in you, you would get it. like she said, the treatment is using the illness as a medium for the treatment, kind of ironic isn''t it? that would be like telling a smoker that in order to quit you must buy a pack of cigarettes.

[topheramazz]

it seem these days that everything people do now is some kind of behavioral disorder. and then the pahrmacutical company comes up with some drug to supress or midify oue behavior? i love the internet and i learn so much with regard to "education"- but i do beleive that nature is where true knowledge is attained. whats needed is balance and for psychiatrists to stop classifying people every time some "neurosis" pops up.

[AtheistKharm]

wow its like hearing my grandma preach about the evil internet.

[oayia]

this video is on the internet grammy

[Mrmoc7]

Calling everything slightly unpleasant a disorder: An academic disorder?

[PEinHK]

It's not internet additction; I just need to spend so much time clicking through 50 Fora videos on pop psychology to get to one interesting one on politics or economics!

[anthonzi]

fail

[adeadlysniper]

I would like to see her attempt to get a university degree today without the use of the internet. Now that would be a laugh. Fuckin old people...

[eeedel]

Her generation dropped the A-Bomb and shes complaining about the internet. Shut up grandma.

[mattghtpa]

Why don't you just give granny the back of your pimp hand while you're at it?

[sexdrugsRnR]

pfff, old people.

[1RadicalOne]

"Author and Award-Winning Journalist"...

Those are commendable achievements, but not valid qualifications for diagnosis or definition of clinical or mental disorders.

[mattghtpa]

I agree, especially in that she seemed to willfully contradict herself.

She notes that our brains are being affected. Well the data I read is probably similar to what she eludes too and it indicates it's for the better.

But she refers to it as an addiction and clinical disorder.

Really the answer is staring her right in the face, our brains are now conditioned to process and multi task more efficiently and what she calls ADHD is just an under utilized brain being bored.

[eeedel]

@mattghtpa nicely put

[Eugensdiet]

I think if I'm going to listen to someone who is going to teach me about the brain I would like it to be a clinical doctor. Ms Hortsman isn't a doctor .

It would seem to me that anything she wrote would be the equivalent of a high school science paper. The internet does a lot more good than harm. Children playing games learn confidence, improve motor skills and have the potential to learn a lot more about the world than sitting in front of a boob tube. She's just another nay sayer.

[Atheistprimate]

"Self medicate with Technology"

So what she is sour people are not sticking with over the counter drugs like in her day? Fuck this old hag.

[grit123]

technology is bad, mmmkay?

"Not now! I have to get my fix."

[Shadizar666]

What about tv

knowledge channels, soap operas, blah blah

how about the use of the telephone

which could possibly a strictly female disorder

or the need to prove oneself better than anyone else

which could be a strictly male disorder

what about the need to prove technology is "bad"

which seems to be a strictly old person disorder

when will compulsive education become a disorder???

[willb128]

f u granma

[adrian42583]

Ok, so she's saying that, if we can't control our habits, it can be consider as a clinical disorder ?so coming out with a book, about a scientific day for your brain, that she had to observed people lives to write such book,(habit to judge others by watching) is not a clinical disorder? and on the other hand, did any one notice the audience ? MOST of the are old folks(judging by the hair)?I wonder why?do they not know how to use a PC?

Can life get more ironic then the people preaching about it ?

[isegoria1]

Can you say Pavlov's dog? Repacking conditioned responses does not make it revolutionary.

[ZamatoElite]

WTF!?

OHHHHH, she said people are treating their ADD with speed! GET SCARED EVERYBODY!!!

Internet life is superior to real life. Do I have an addiction? If so, I could GIVE A FUCK!!!!

[aladinclip]

you`re to streesed about it ! :) why grow that anger :) you can say it and be relaxed to :) cheers

[scisex]

It would not give off the same sense of frustration. L2internetz

[aladinclip]

Hy scisex :)

I don`t think is necesary to work your way to a heart atack...to say what you think about somenthing:) cheers

[elphenom9]

tl;dw

[Muchodelcrazy]

What is it with every vid starting with a 1 star rating? Ik a few other small channels that have this problem... always 1 rating, 1 star. I think youtube is cheating.

[mykmmc]

WHAT B.S.