internet addict Be Glad you are not an internet addict in China..

This story was just too crazy to not pass on. if you think you have an internet addiction do not , we repeat DO NOT Tell The Chinese. They may want to shock you back to reality.. YIKES

Take The Test Below to find out your level of Internet Addiction..

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You are an internet addict if …

  • You refer to going to the bathroom as downloading.

  • Your bookmark list takes 15 minutes to go from top to bottom.

  • Your nightmares are in HTML and GIFS.

  • You start introducing yourself as “Jim at net dot com.”

  • Your heart races faster and beats irregularly each time you see a new WWW site address on TV.

  • You turn on your intercom when leaving the room so you can hear if new e-mail arrives.

  • All of your friends have an @ in their names.

  • Your dog has its own home page.

  • You can’t call your mother … She doesn’t have a modem.

  • Your phone bill is as heavy as a brick.

  • You don’t know the sex of three of your closest friends because they have neutral nicknames and you never bothered to ask.

  • Your husband tells you that he has had the beard for 2 months.

  • You wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop and check your e-mail on the way back to bed.

  • Your wife makes a new rule: “The computer cannot come to bed.”

  • You ask a plumber how much it would cost to replace the chair in front of your computer with a toilet.

  • Your wife says communication is important in a marriage … so you buy another computer and install a second phone line so the two of you can chat.

Internet Addiction

Internet Addiction Test (IAT)
Would you like to use this Test?

How do you know if you’re already addicted or rapidly tumbling toward trouble? The Internet Addiction Test is the first validated and reliable measure of addictive use of the Internet. Click here to read the study. Developed by Dr. Kimberly Young, the IAT is a 20-item questionnaire that measures mild, moderate, and severe levels of Internet Addiction.

To assess your level of addiction, answer the following questions using this scale:

1 = Rarely.
2 = Occasionally.
3 = Frequently.
4 = Often.
5 = Always.

China Orders Halt to Treating Internet Addicts With Electric Shock Therapy

By HENRY SANDERSON Associated Press Writer
BEIJING July 14, 2009 (AP)

China Stops Shock Therapy for Internet Addicts

In this file photo, a young Chinese internet addict receives an electroencephalogram check at… Expand

(Getty Images)

China’s Health Ministry has ordered a hospital to stop using electric shock therapy to cure youths of Internet addiction, saying there was no scientific evidence it worked.

Linyi Mental Health Hospital in eastern Shandong province used the treatment as part of a four-month program that has so far treated nearly 3,000 youths, the China Youth Daily newspaper has reported, citing the psychiatrist who runs it, Yang Yongxin.

The ministry said in a statement posted on its Web site late Monday there is no domestic or international clinical evidence that electric shock therapy helps cure Internet addiction. Electric shock therapy is most often used to treat severe depression.


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