Pressed a couple of keys - and you're already in the middle of communication. You want to confirm your importance - opened a page in Odnoklassniki, looked at how many people visited it, was convinced of its own relevance. Besides, just sitting and working (if the profession is connected with a computer) is boring, and in order to structure time, people go to the virtual world and communicate on the Internet, where it's always safe, there are no obligations, you can think of yourself as anyone, pummel the brains of others and even receive from this an emotional drive.
What are the pitfalls of the Internet?
The world wide web of the virtual world and communication on the Internet drags out and causes almost narcotic dependence at the users. People have an obsessive desire to enter the Internet, well, having got into it, a person does not find the strength to leave the web pages. There are two main forms of the virtual world and communication on the Internet: chat-dependence - from chatting, forums, teleconferences, e-mail. And web addiction - from new doses of information (virtual surfing on sites, portals and stuff). And yet most of the Internet-dependent subsided on services related to communication. According to statistics, the most attractive characteristics of such contacts are anonymity (86%), accessibility (63%), security (58%) and ease of use (37%). So the network is needed to obtain social support, sexual gratification, the possibility of creating a virtual hero (the creation of a new self).
What is the essence of information dependence?
It is also called web addiction. Usually, it affects people associated with the type of activity with the processing and retrieval of information (journalists are the first in the risk group). They feel a constant shortage of news, a discomfort from the realization that at that moment something is happening somewhere, and they are not aware of it. Understanding that it is impossible to cover everything, disappears. The intellect has no limit: after the one thought comes another, the third ... In order to stop in time, you need to have in the middle of a hack called a cumulative sting - a fusion of willpower, spirit and purpose. It is formed in any activity. This is the ability to assemble at the right time, concentrate and direct all the forces to implement a certain task. Information sprays attention, the sense of time is lost, the chewing gum is thrown to the brain, which it chews mechanically. To ensure that information does not destroy consciousness in the end, a mosaic of perception is necessary. I read a certain idea, was inspired by it and realized it. It is necessary to process not all thoughts in a row, but only those that appealed to the soul. And, if possible, put them into practice, and not just scroll in your head.
How to explain the popularity of social networks : "Classmates", "VKontakte" and the like?
A person needs to be evaluated from the outside, getting confirmation, whether he follows life correctly, comparing himself with others. In the social network, the user starts his personal page - a beautiful picture - self-presentation. Children, husbands, rest, children are spouted, wishes, congratulations, poems are written to each other, estimates-proofs of their beauty and a happy life are collected. Thus, the need to confirm one's own importance is being met. However, social networking is symbolic. On the proposal for a real meeting, few responds, and if the meeting happens, it often turns out to be not as bright and beautiful as in the virtual world.
How does online communication differ from the present?
A person does not consist of happiness alone, we always have a desire to share the inmost things - those that can be told only in person. We react to emotions only in the course of a lively conversation - we smile with a smile, we respond with sympathy for sorrow. The Internet creates the illusion of live communication. Individual phrases, thoughts are written, there is a feeling that the brain, which needs constant action, follows something. But this is just an illusion. Psychologists compare the communication on the web with mental masturbation. In addition, virtual relationships make it difficult to build real ones. In fact, many users confess that they have difficulties with real communication. The virtual world and communication on the Internet makes some people stay in their illusory world, which they have built and defend with all their might. They are afraid that they will not be criticized in any way, they say no, they did not blame and did not make a remark. The lack of live feedback inhibits the person in development. After all, to understand that some areas of life need to be changed or adapt to something, it is very difficult. On the Internet, we seem to get rid of loneliness . But it, loneliness, is inside of us, and nowhere you can not get away from it. And you need to have the courage to live in it and seek out a way out of it.
What are the signs of Internet addiction?
Most eloquent: obsessive desire to check your e-mail, ignoring physiological needs for the sake of virtual surfing (forgot to eat, go to the toilet), staying on the web is much longer than the time that was planned initially (I wanted to go for half an hour and stayed for two). Computer addicts with experience forget about their family, friendly, official duties. The consequences are divorce, dismissal from work, academic failure. After leaving the Network for a short time, they experience a kind of "hangover" - an extremely dense stream of consciousness and a sense of anxiety, an irresistible desire to re-enter the virtual world and communicate on the Internet.
What disorders of the psyche can provoke a virtual world and communication on the Internet?
The adult person seems to be like a seven-year-old who wants to get what he wants this minute. Another popular mental disorder is Munchausen's syndrome. It is based on simulating the disease in order to attract attention and sympathy. Since on the Internet no one will demand from you a medical card, to play a sick person is a simple matter.
Who is most at risk of becoming a computer addict?
There is a so-called dependent type of personality. The people belonging to him can be dependent on the Internet, food, alcohol or drugs. They do not know how to refuse and make decisions, they have a fear of criticism or disapproval. They are hampered by the fear of loneliness and the desire to get rid of all their strength, to be unable to share their experiences with others, the inability to plan their time and achieve their goals. These people have many illusions. Attach to a person on the web for them, nothing stands. In the distance it seems that the interlocutor is dear to you, close and understandable, you are ready to help him everywhere and in everything. But in life there is not always enough spiritual strength to understand and support a person.
How does the virtual world affect children's health and psyche?
A child up to 7-10 years old must develop physically-in a game, movement. After a ten-year boundary, the body's strengths are concentrated on the development of metabolism, heart, lungs, and other important organs. And only after 14 years of acceptance is shifted to spirituality. Small children, chained to the monitor, are static. Instead of the physical progress at this age, there is an intellectual load - as a result, modern children grow old early. At 13-14 years old, there are already sclerosing vessels, atherosclerosis and early cancers. In ten years the child can master three languages and the basics of computer programming, but does not pass the banal test for physical development: exactly pass one floor and get a ball to the goal.
The virtual world and communication on the Internet is credited with a lot of merit as a means of learning and broadening the horizon. Perhaps, with the right dosage, will it help raise children with superpowers?
Parents are touched, watching their three-year-old child manage with a laptop. In fact, all these skills are formed on a superficial level and will not be useful in adult life. It is easier for adults to put a child on a computer and take it for a while than to form other values in it. The idea that a computer develops and is necessary for the school is nothing more than self-justification.
The USA conducted an experiment : children from the age of 5 were trained externally, and by the age of 12 they had completed a full course of secondary education. They have been following their lives for many years. It turned out that none of them had a destiny: intellectually they were brilliant, but the strong-willed and emotional components were absent. They did not know who they were or what they wanted. After all, talent is 99% labor and the ability to organize oneself, and only 1% depends on abilities.
Is it possible to deduce safe behavior rules for children at the computer?
Up to 10 years the child lives in unity with the world, for him the authority of parents is absolute. After ten children begin to separate themselves from the world around them, to wonder whether everything is so good in this life, to be interested: what is the past, what is the future. This is the age when you can join the computer. The correct dosage is no more than two hours a day: forty-five minutes at the computer, then a break for rest. You can not use a computer as a means of encouragement. It is important not to scream, do not turn off the equipment from the network, but develop self-control in the child. Get an alarm for a certain time and put it next - so the young user will have a sense of responsibility for their actions. Often, the parents themselves depend on the computer. After all, as today is spending free time a young family: the father plays in some "shooter", and my mother communicates with friends in "Classmates." What remains for the child? Also sit at the computer.
What problems with women's health can lead to hobby computer, virtual world and communication on the Internet?
Infertility and miscarriages are the companions of women, chained to the monitor. Hypodinamia plus stagnant phenomena in the pelvic area open the gates to all kinds of inflammation. Often, information from the Network in women causes neuroses, especially for young mothers who look for answers to their questions on the Internet. Today all sorts of "Mom" forums are popular, where other, same unenlightened mothers (some would be useful to check the state of health of the psyche) anonymously give advice to their "colleagues". Some recommendations resemble dangerous experiments on their own children. Many anonyms intimidate gullible companions, putting in absentia their children terrible diagnoses. Moms begin to wind themselves, forming a massive neurosis.
Virtual Internet consultations are popular today . Without going away from the computer, you can find out your diagnosis, get a detailed description of the treatment and immediately order the medication in the online pharmacy. How safe are these methods of diagnosis and treatment? Today a new type of Internet users has appeared - cyberchondrics are ardent fans of the Internet, collecting consultations of experts about their health almost from all corners of the Earth. They are sure of the existence of terrible diseases, which are not more than the fruit of their imagination.
By what criteria can you distinguish an Internet resource that can be trusted from a dubious one?
There are several signs or "stop words" that can give out an unscrupulous medical Internet resource. This is all that is associated with "energy information" - information matrices, water, aura, biofield, wave genome, astral projections, bioresonance or "diagnosis of 40 doctors in half an hour", the removal of toxins and everything associated with them.
Today the Internet gives ample opportunities to those who are looking for the second half. The mass of dating sites offer partners for every taste and color. How does the virtual search for your love differ from the real?
Correspondence can be reassuring, they say, here it is - the one and only. But a meeting in real life often ends in disappointment. But on the Internet - these are just words, for which nothing is worth. The exchange of energies, attempts to understand oneself, others and this world - they are untenable in correspondence communication. If in a person's life all his essence speaks of love, then on the Internet it's just letters and symbols.
What gaps in life do we compensate by leaving to virtuality?
To feel the fullness of being, a person must manifest in several spheres of life. In creation, work - some constructive activity for the benefit of others, in caring for the body, which is improved and pays a hundredfold for the fact that it is healthy and they are engaged. In spirituality, the personality that we acquire, the meanings we create, and biographies. In dealing with other people, which enriches and gives feedback: you live, you are recognized. And if this communication we did not make real, did not put in anybody their emotions, their care - we are left alone with our fear of death. Because before death it does not matter which doctoral dissertations you wrote, it is important who will be next to you, so that you will not be lonely.
How to get rid of virtual addiction?
Life is arranged on the energy balance of "take-give." On the Internet, we give our energy to no one knows where and why. The network sucks it like a sponge. The life force is given to us by emotions, but not superficial, but directed at acting. And emotions depend on the mood: "we are three." The child of the mood needs to come together, add up our emotions, come up with some idea and get a fountain of energy for its realization. A person is able to throw himself into other spheres of life, where there will be a lot of emotions, and he simply will not remember about the computer. Energy is buried in real affairs, real actions and real connections. And the Internet can become an assistant in their search. Use the virtual world as a tool to expand your interests in real life (met - met). Nothing will replace us with the luxury of communication, but not virtual, but real.