Computer addiction!! Help needed!!!?

Question

I am addicted to computer's. I know what I am doing is extremely harmful to my studies and it has made it's mark already, I have been doing horribly in my test's in college. From the morning till late at night, except for lunch n dinner i am almost always in front of it doing something or the other, movies, games, surfing, chatting etc etc. Even if there is nothing to do, i have to do something on the comp. I despise reading, I have started hating studies and even though i know I am letting myself get destroyed i cant help it!! I have to become successful in life but I have clearly become the worst in class!! I was very much an above average student in the 1st semester and now have deteriorated to someone who fails to clear 4 papers!!!! Please tell me what to do! As soon as i sit in front of the com all my guilt or feelings of correcting myself just vanish!! I go to sleep at 3 in the morning almost everyday!! Some1 tell me what to do!! I used to be athletic too!!

Answer 1

*sigh*. I'm going to sum this up as life is hard. It has many moments of happiness (more if you work at making them), but overall, you have to work to achieve everything. This kind of obsession (it's NOT an addiction) comes of the fact that you're stressed out. You're finding life hard, and hiding behind a computer screen and playing games and chatting is soooo easy. And you feel like your accomplishing something. And to some degree you are. You're having fun.
But you're overdoing it. Maybe you're not cut out or ready for college. Maybe you need to be doing something else. But until you come to terms with the fact that life IS hard, you'll always behave this way with something.
I'd say you should first learn how to relax PROPERLY. And that means with friends or family, people, in person. Great comfort comes from real human contact, not the type you're getting on a computer. That's just a form of fantasy.
Then try to get a grip on your entering the real world (some people can't do this, get therapy if necessary). But calling it an addiction or whatnot will just make it easier to do. You don't need excuses, you need action!!! I'm saying this as someone who really, really understands what your going through!!!

Answer 2

Time yourself when you are using the computer. Set limits and practice self-control. Make yourself a list of all of the things that you HAVE to get done each day and the things that you should start doing when you finish the first priority list. Reward yourself when you complete tasks by allowing yourself time on the computer. If you stay motivated and finish your "To-Do," list before logging on, than it wont be as harmful to your academic schedule. If this doesn't work you may have a serious condition known as "internet addiction." This is a REAL disorder. Check out www.netaddiction.com. Good Luck!

Answer 3

It is so easy for this to happen..it is a social life, in many ways...it is a connection to the outside world..and you really have to make yourself stop...It is hard to do, but you can do it...you might try to 'reward' your self, with computer time, only after you get your studies done...do that first, and work out also,...and leave the computer for the very last thing...it is so hard to stop,..you are not alone

Answer 4

It may seem extremely hard. But seriously. Throw the power cord to your computer into the trash. At least put it in the attic.

There is no computer, there is not temptation.

Answer 5

Take online classes. Switch majors to something computer related. Mix work and pleasure all together in one. If you love computers that much make them your career.

Answer 6

give your computer a virus. It is for the greater good. Just do it man. Your future you depends on it! Do it man, just down load it.
I believe in you, I know you can.

Answer 7

i honestly think that WE are the wrong people to be asking this!♥