Chat Addiction: Advice?

[FoxDemonSoavi]

Some people get addicted to the internet. Specificaly chats. I flunked my second year of high school and had to switch schools, in part, because I Was was addicted to this one chat room that is now gone. I found that 6 years later I am doing it again. I will be online but I do not want to be in the chat rooms. It is kind of a crazy thing.

I was wondering, what do you think the best solution other than destroying my interent connection (which I did once) is? Avoiding chat rooms can be hard unless I get myself banned. I might find another random chat room where mods do not exist and have trouble tearing myself away. I am not really sure what the best way to avoid the temptation is.

Just "do not go int ochat rooms then" doe not really help.

 

[FzGhouL]

First, Make lots of enemies and then refuse to speak to them.

Second, Say sexually explicit content that makes atleast two people vomit while a mod is in their (preferably ccoa) and then call said mod a fuck job.

Third, Get a life foo. ;D

 

[FoxDemonSoavi]

lol yeah a life would help a lot. I did something stupid in the chat and asked to be banned for a week. Just ask Raz. I have no life during the summer nad next year I probaly won't have much of a life either as all my freinds graduated. my life is currently horrible. I live in the middle of nowhere and I can not afford a car.
Though, honestly, its an addiction. I had a life the first time I got stuck in a chat room. It sort of died around me. I have been having issues wiht some people offline over it.

 

[FzGhouL]

You should try to get a shitty job. It helps put things in perspective. I say shitty because you probably aren't in the position for a career.

Also, moving is always an option. Taking a loan and finding a new place to reside works pretty well. Environment is very important.

 

[King Moogle]

Well, you can always delete chat programs from your computer-- hopefully, by the time you download and install the program, you will have come to your senses.

As well, you could download a filter like Cybersitter, and have it block all chat programs, then have someone put a password on it that you don't know so you can't disable it.

I feel for you, man-- it's real easy to lose track of what's important and all. God bless, and hopefully you'll get it figured out.

 

[Jstreet]

Whenever you want to chat, go masturbate and eat starburst. It'll fix you right up

 

[Rare]

^ Works for me too Mr.9MM :]


Get a job, occupy your mind with something else

 

[Kest]

Use forums instead of chat, as many of them have a much slower pace; you don't feel the need to check them constantly or interrupt what you're in the middle of to reply to a message.

 

[lunarea]

It usually helps to have a lot of hobbies or things that interest you so that chatting isn't as enticing. A lot of people would suggest a physical activity, 'cause keeping in shape is great. But it can really be anything that you can spend an hour or two doing and not feel like you're just passing time before you go back to chatting.

I also think that you're in a somewhat difficult position because of your location. It doesn't sound like you can just walk outside your front door and just hang out with a group of people. So, another thing that chat might give you is companionship and contact with people outside of your family (or roomates, depending on your living situation).

Forums are an okay thing, but some people get addicted to those as well, and they end up refreshing the page 6000 times, hoping for a response. But if it does keep you busy without interfering with other areas of your life, maybe that's the way to go

 

[Kest]

Well, as long as you aren't using anything like Gaia Online, (ugh) many forums are fairly laid back - you won't a response until half an hour to later in the day. S'why I suggested it - chat rooms usually come paired with one.

 

[BlackStaticWolf]

Sometimes, the only way to fight off an addiction is to quit cold turkey. That can be hard, but doable. Try to replace it with other activities that aren't negative.

Feel the urge to get in your chatroom... go for a jog. Or read a book. Or call a friend up and see a movie (or you could be a loser and go by yourself, like me).

If you don't quit entirely, monitor your useage carefully. Give yourself an allowance of say... an hour of chatting. Don't go over that.

 

[Elijah von Bose]

I have one piece of wisdom:
Would you prefer to be addicted to chatting or crystal meth? Meth destroys people. Chats just make people have less friends.

Just be glad you got a less life threatening addiction.

(Unless of course you are addicted to crystal meth, then, and do this for me and everyone else on the forums/real life who knows/cares about you, and do it for yourself: Get help.)

I understand where your coming from, I am severly addicted to computers.

 

[Mega Flare]

I got a good way to stop the addition. Get a hammer and smash your computer. It want really stop it. But would prevent you from going on chat rooms.

 

[Andy6000]

Don't listen to Megaflare, he tried going a week without talking to me and he failed by the next day, he's a terrible example.

 

[Mega Flare]

what a hammer could work? Oh and I do not have a Chat addiction I got a Andy Addiction

 

[FoxDemonSoavi]

It usually helps to have a lot of hobbies or things that interest you so that chatting isn't as enticing. A lot of people would suggest a physical activity, 'cause keeping in shape is great. But it can really be anything that you can spend an hour or two doing and not feel like you're just passing time before you go back to chatting.

I also think that you're in a somewhat difficult position because of your location. It doesn't sound like you can just walk outside your front door and just hang out with a group of people. So, another thing that chat might give you is companionship and contact with people outside of your family (or roomates, depending on your living situation).

Forums are an okay thing, but some people get addicted to those as well, and they end up refreshing the page 6000 times, hoping for a response. But if it does keep you busy without interfering with other areas of your life, maybe that's the way to go

Unfortunatly it is interfering with my health. I have started reading and writing more and cycling a ways into the middle of town. If I am going to be chatting it should be in the morning or at night but not hte middle of the day.

I have one piece of wisdom:
Would you prefer to be addicted to chatting or crystal meth? Meth destroys people. Chats just make people have less friends.

Just be glad you got a less life threatening addiction.

(Unless of course you are addicted to crystal meth, then, and do this for me and everyone else on the forums/real life who knows/cares about you, and do it for yourself: Get help.)

I understand where your coming from, I am severly addicted to computers.

Any addiction destroys people. The kid in korea who died because he kept playing an mmo and not doing anything else. The point is, I was startign to just sit in a chat room and not eat or do all that much which, after a while, told me I need to cut down the amount of time I spend and decided to just get banned from the plaes I usualy hang out. People have gotten seriously ill from beign addicted to online chatting.


Though, thanks to everyone for responding to this post.

 

[The Cry of Fallen Angels]

Hmm, I tend to do around 3 things at once when in a chatroom, which is why I'm not as active as most people. Though I've heard chatting, listening to music, phoning, and watching TV tends to be hard to do at the same time :x But it does help if you're not soley focused on a single thing. From that point you'll have an easier time tearing you from the one thing, to do the other, and switch between things, and such. It worked for only little people as far as I'm concerned but it helped me.

Anyway, writing helps, or try painting or drawing, contact people in other ways than over the chat, ask people to come over at your place, or for them to pick you up.

EDIT; Though know, that I don't want you gone that badly from the chat, you're still one of my favourite persons in IRC. But you should know the limits for yourself.

 

[Rain]

Whenever you want to chat, go masturbate and eat starburst. It'll fix you right up

Funniest thing I have read all year XD

I think it's easy to get hooked on the internet, there's just a lot of stuff out there to see... a lot of porn... and... not much else really lol.

I gave up the chat room game at about the age of 13, Forums are the way forward, but I can still be online for 8+ hours a day without feeling bad about it.

 

[FoxDemonSoavi]

I do not plan on staying away from the chat forever just until monday. Then try to only be on at night and in the mornings so that I actualy get stuff done in the afternoon.

 

[djzalzer]

I'd suggest getting into an evening class that actually costs money or church so you'll have an obligation and feel guilty if you stay home to chat and not go to whatever.