Clinic for Internet Addiction Opens: Children Get a Chance for Help
For adults, internet addiction is a thing of choice. Many of us already grew up without having access to the internet, or during the early days of dial up access where the only form of social interaction you would get online is in MUD chat rooms or some random bulletin board. Of course, the rest of the folks you would find online back then were all tech heads like you who knew the distinctive sound of a 56k modem.
There was no way that the internet of before could substitute for human society.
This is not the case today. Simply being able to log in to Facebook allows users to get in touch with everyone they know –as long as they have an account, and with millions and millions of users, almost everyone with a computer or a smart phone has a Facebook account. For adults, this is convenient, fun and a great way to escape from daily life where the office is a total buzz kill and the commute through the tube is torture.
For children who are still growing up however, the internet is not the alternative, it is the first choice. Reality becomes an insignificant bother where one would have to bother with physical appearances, proper posture and speech in order to communicate. The internet is the much easier way to live.
This is why a clinic for internet addiction was opened in Central London at the Capio Nightingale Hospital. Too many children have grown up unable to establish the importance of being part of human society. These kids are practically unable to cope and deal with life unless they use some form of digital communication –where keeping in touch with friends is more a matter of sending emails instead of being able to talk in person at school.
Get to know more about the various cases handled by the clinic at Times Online UK.
