Internet Addiction: A Review

Addicted People do not have control over what they are doing. Their addiction may reach at a point which is harmful. A passion adds value to one's life, an addiction takes away value. Internet addiction is described as an impulse control disorder. Individuals addicted to the Internet can develop many types of disorders. In extreme cases, persons addicted to the Internet may be destructive to themselves, their families, and their place of employment. Some Internet users may develop an emotional attachment to on-line friends and activities they create on their computer screens. Internet users may enjoy aspects of the Internet that allow them to meet, socialize, and exchange ideas through the use of chat rooms, social networking websites. Other Internet users spend endless hours researching topics of interest Online. People suffering from Internet addiction connect with real people through the Internet, as a substitution for real-life human connection, which they are unable to achieve normally. This state creates the conditions of tolerance and withdrawal. Tolerance is the process by which the body continually adapts to the substance and requires increasingly larger amounts to achieve the original effects. Withdrawal refers to physical and psychological symptoms experienced when reducing or discontinuing a substance that the body has become dependent on. This study deal with addiction cases, human resource specialists seeking rehabilitation facilities for addicted employees, health related policy and computing consultants. This study is based on full research papers and some ficspe iase reports recording the treatment for Internet Addiction.