Internet addiction is described as an impulse control disorder, which does not involve use of an intoxicating drug and is very similar to pathological gambling. Some Internet users may develop an emotional attachment to on-line friends and activities they create on their computer screens.
Internet addiction is a psychological disorder that causes people to spend so much time on a computer that it affects their health, job, finances, or relationships.
Vocabulary Of the Unit
Surf: look for information ( one the internet).
Engaging in: taking part in or becoming involved in.
Turning each other in: identifying each other to the police or an authority.
Devoting: giving or using something ( time, effort) for an activity or purpose.
Compulsiveness: inability to control certain behavior.
Therapy: treatment of problems by talking about them.
Putting together: organizing.
Support groups: people who meet to help each other with a problem they all share.
Present with: show signs of an ilness by having a particular type of behavior or condition.
Coming out: becoming publicly known.
Fulfillment: personal satisfaction.
Turned into: became (something different).
Felt empty: was unhappy ( because something seemed important or interesting).
Multitasking: doing different things at the same time.
Enhance: improve, enrich.
Out of the woods: serious situation that is very difficult to stop.
Feeding: increasing.
Going on: fresh beginning.
Wish statements - expressing unreality
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