i seem addicted to chatting... whenever i use my pc ... to check mails or find some assignment matter i enter to chat room and chat... am fed up of it... of wasting so much time... i wanna stop it... cuz it absorbs lot of my time... which i wish to invest in some better activity.
i got strong will... but how to avoid it and have control completely? how to deal with it?
unistalling messenger doesnt work...
only sensible answers please...
2007-03-03 05:34:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Limit your time on your computer. Set a TIMER and only use the computer during that 10-30 minute time frame. Only use the computer after everyone is in bed. That way all of your time with be devoted to your family and if you have time left over, then get on the computer.
Good luck.
2007-03-03 05:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may help to change your email to gmail and delete your Yahoo account; that way you have email but not a passport into all the time-sucking activities Yahoo offers: Answers, games, avatars...you get the picture. It would cut through the fluff and give you pure productivity. It also might help to check your email right before you HAVE to be somewhere else (like work or school) so you won't have hours to kill on the computer. One last thought: computer addiction is addiction, and professional help is not out of the question.
2007-03-03 05:44:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you at home when chatting?
I'm addicted to playing games for hours and I, too, get so fed up with it! There are so many other things I need to get done, but hours later I am still on-line playing games.
1. One technique that works for me is to set an alarm clock, or "timer" (I use the one on my stove, it's really really loud and doesn't turn off until five minutes later).
The alarm clock has to be in another room so you have to get up from your computer and go turn it off. If you're lucky, you can resist going back to your computer to continue chatting.
2. Another thing I do is if I reach a point where I'm disgusted with myself for wasting so much time, I will try to immediately, without thinking about it in a split-second, turn off my computer on the "power surge outlet", even when I'm on-line....my whole computer is turned off. Actively having to restart it, go back on-line, etc....takes time and I usually just leave it off and go into another room.
These are the only ways I know to stop myself playing games for hours on end.
I hope other answers to this question will help me, too. Vicki
2007-03-03 05:48:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
see a doctor
2007-03-03 05:51:03 · answer #4 · answered by Black Leopard 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋