Internet Addiction Support Group

yea...gmail, facebook, news, job searching, youtube, wikipedia, ds, yahoo answers, amazon, ebay

the internet is my hangout spot. i don't go out to bars or dance clubs or eat out much, so....

dating sites. yahoo for email and news. craigslist and ebay for stuff. playlist, myspace, and youtube for music. job searching. video jug for cooking.

i mainly use the internet to stop feeling so lonely.

if im not scared of the locals, then im to ashamed of myself to do anything with them. i dont drink or dance either.

I come online to be here, buy things on eBay / TradeMe, etc, check my e-mail, download music, etc from iTunes, Google articles, read the news, watch JCTV, etc.

Why I do it? Well, for the same reasons you do, to distract myself from my depression and like NUMBER4940, the net is my hang out spot since I am pretty anti-social these days. And in a sub-conscious way, I feel I am reaching out, trying to find that connection with someone.

I agree, youtube is an easy one to get lost in. I go to myspace and hotmail the most then yahoo & msn ..facebook, craigslist, ebay. and then i like to google any random thing i can think of and read up on it including people and things.. i love to chat online but a lot of my friends have stopped doing that these days but i do a lot of looking up people an things..

its obsession and an inability to depart from the internet lol it seems like there is always something i can be doing online

mostly email and i am on a lot of email lists. then facebook. some spiritual sites. this one now is in the rotation. then when people post links to other sites i follow them. i look up recipes. i look up words or things i read about that i do not know about. when my kids have questions i don't know the answer to i look them up. but mostly i write a blog or post or email and then i just keep checking for the replies so it is like looking for validation and connection right?

I come here to DS, check yahoo e-mail's and go to both myspace and facebook I can spend hours and hours there because of an app game and sometimes do random Google searches and because being bored a lot and other things too. I also don't get out much kind of shy and I don't have much friends so I try making online friends.

DS, youtube, Yahoo chat, Yahoo messenger, yahoo mail, facebook, news, foodnetwork.com, google, music, diy stuff...

I have a severe case of social anxiety, have for years.. plus I'm a stay-at-home mom with limited excursions just because money is so tight... the internet is my way to the outside world.

I have a whole host of humor sites that I visit on a regular basis (my favorite being cracked.com), youtube has consumed innumerable hours of my time. I sometimes surf wikipedia or *ahem* encyclopedia dramatica. Whether I am still depressed or not is unknown (being so packed with antidepressants as I am), but despite my happiness, if superficial happiness, I still have nowhere else to go. Like a lot of other people here, the internet is my place.

Thought of another place.. that cracks me up every time.... www.fmylife.com

Here, shelfari, facebook, mylot, checking emails, is the main reason I use the internet. I do exercise regularly when I can. This is just an escape, until something better comes along.