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  • TheMatrix31
    RF
    • Jul 2002
    • 52931

    #16
    Re: Heavy Internet use linked to depression

    Originally posted by Krioniq
    Correlation does not imply causation.

    I'd fathom to guess that a person who is depressed is more likely to go to the internet or video games as a sort of escape, moreso than person uses internet in excess then becomes depressed.
    Probably the case for me.

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    • Gotmadskillzson
      Live your life
      • Apr 2008
      • 23442

      #17
      Re: Heavy Internet use linked to depression

      Originally posted by olliethebum85
      The useage of internet doesn't make me depressed. It's when I have NOTHING to do, and I mean nothing, and I end up on the computer all day with nothing to even look at. You are just waiting for the night to get here and other people to become free.
      LOL if you sitting on the computer all day waiting for other OSers to come online, then you have no life what so ever. I knew people like that in yahoo chat 6 years ago. They literally sit in the chat room all day waiting for other people they knew from chat to get off work and come into the room.

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      • larrygiterdone
        MVP
        • Jul 2005
        • 3037

        #18
        Re: Heavy Internet use linked to depression

        i think it has more to do with weather personally

        when its nice outside i am never on the computer as im usually outside enjoying it

        however when its cold or ****ty out, i stay indoors and use the computer and am depressed because of the weather not the internet use

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        • JohnDoe8865
          Hall of Fame
          • Jul 2002
          • 9607

          #19
          Re: Heavy Internet use linked to depression

          I could definitely see how sitting around on the computer all day long could be depressing. Human beings need a certain amount of actual human contact. Whether it be voice, sight, touch, whatever..
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          • Watson
            Burrow Club
            • Jul 2008
            • 27013

            #20
            Re: Heavy Internet use linked to depression

            The only reason i'm on the internet all the time is because I listen to music when I'm studying/homework, open facebook when i'm on the Xbox, and then the rest of my down time is browsing.

            The older me and my friends get, the less we want to go anywhere.
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            • CX1329
              MVP
              • Jan 2005
              • 1304

              #21
              Re: Heavy Internet use linked to depression

              Seeing those huge dudes in porn makes me depressed.

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              • z Revis
                Hall Of Fame
                • Oct 2008
                • 13639

                #22
                Re: Heavy Internet use linked to depression

                I highly doubt that statistic is all completely true. It'd be better if they'd take into account the amount of people that were ALREADY depressed before heavy internet usage.
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                • Heelfan71
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                  • Jul 2002
                  • 19940

                  #23
                  Re: Heavy Internet use linked to depression

                  Originally posted by CX1329
                  Seeing those huge dudes in porn makes me depressed.
                  you must of been raped by a "big" dude.
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                  • Adam Dayton
                    Banned
                    • Jan 2008
                    • 1835

                    #24
                    Re: Heavy Internet use linked to depression

                    Common sense would tell you the people visiting those types of sites are compensating for a lack of a social life, something which already causes depression. Chicken or the egg.

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                    • mjb2124
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Aug 2002
                      • 13649

                      #25
                      Re: Heavy Internet use linked to depression

                      I believe it. This is why I spend 1/10th the amount of time on OS as I used to. I used to be on OS for hours a day, but now I'm on at most 15 minutes per day (OS is one of the 3 sites I visit daily outside of bank/investment sites and my personal email).

                      Part of it is like what ehh stated... My current job and responsibilities are 10x busier/more demanding than previous jobs and I don't have the time to be on OS. When I'm at home, I usually have too many other things to do to be on the internet. Although, I do find that I wind up surfing OS when watching sports though (ie: watching the Olympics right now).

                      In any case, I think the internet is great in small doses, but too much of it is not good for anyone.
                      Last edited by mjb2124; 02-13-2010, 09:04 PM.

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