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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[GUILTY!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jenn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 11:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sadly, life itself is a terrible disease for which there is no cure. I've relapsed many times on it. Like alcoholism, drug addiction and computer addiction, however, there IS a solution. All we need to do is stay away from any people, places and things associated with life.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mkemp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 11:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[They want to classify everything these days as an illness.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 11:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[I dont think it should be classified as a mental illness]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jake Luba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 11:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[YES!! I am going through a divorce and one of the reasons was a little game called Worlds of WarCraft.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheera]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 11:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[The more they can get classified as an illness the more they can charge the insurance carriers. What a scam!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bobyo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 12:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[He's from Oregon!!!  What else is<br>there to do but text and email people who don't live in Oregon?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 11:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[I definitely have an internet addiction and when booking a hotel ALWAYS have to know if there is wifi.  <br><br>I have used this addiction as a way to make save money and make some as well.<br><br>I have started promoting an online shopping mall and it is great<br>supplemental income and I have been saving between 5-55% on my<br>purchases at over 1100 stores online including Bare<br>Necessities, Sephora, Apple, The Gap, Target (great for soo much),<br>Macy's. I also wait for sales so I get my cash back and the lowest<br>price<br><a href="http://www.dailyoink.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailyoink.com</a>  The site is ugly, but well worth it.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 11:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[I agree with IK they do want everything to become a illness and i think it is stupid and dumb to say internet u useing it a lot should be classifiled as a mental illness i dont think so stupid . Take ppk at work for examle they infron of the computer all day long and on the net does that make them have a mental illness no. stupid i hape it does not go through as a mentel illness it be dumb and stupid . <br>calibear ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[calibear]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 11:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[textin and e mailing is just anothe form of communication with out the high cost of long distance for lots of people ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[George]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 11:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[And twenty years ago it was TV addiction. And 50 years ago it was Radio addiction. And 150 years ago it was sitting in the saloon. And then it was watching the massacres in the lions den in Rome. Gimme a break. Did you ever think about this. We have more Psychiatrists, psychotheRAPISTS and so forth than ever before. And, we seem to have more nuts walking the streets than ever before. What does that tell you? Mental health begins at home and seems to be damaged greatly by reading articles such as these and others. Nuff said.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 12:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[HELP!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pell Blue]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 12:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[This just give lazy people a reason to keep being lazy. If you want to know how to get someone off a computer...unplug the damn thing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[hooversin06]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 25th 2008 7:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[Give me a break!!! No matter what we do lately, someone has to put a label on it.  We can't breathe without someone looking over our shoulder these days!!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jjride267]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 12:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nuts!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rder2007]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 12:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[While during each and every college class, I could'nt help but notice many students texting throughout lecture etc... let alone allowing their toy to sit in front of them anxiously awaiting responses etcetera, and I've often wondered whether there's a unhealthy compulsitivity surrounding all that.  with that said...let alon the fact that it's truly inconsiderate and disrespectful to not give your undivided attention to those around you...which can be potentially detremental and ultimately a learned behavior, resulting toward addiction.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 1:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[i am horibly addicted to the net. and i am homeless, living in motels. i can't get off my space, craigslist, the news, certain music, looking up long lost people. it's keeping me sick, scared, and i never found anything on craigslist for where to live. it is not a subsitute for real life. it is making my life worse , not better, and people forget how to be human. they become zombie robots. its a giant whore machine anyway .it makes people gain weight too.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sandra weisz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 12:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[LOL...LIFE ITSELF IS AN ADDICTION CURED BY DEATH.....it begins at birth and you have choices for all the inbetweens...with a bit of luck , the better ones outnumber the bad and hopefully the more evil ones that do abound and take up precious time !!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bozzy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 12:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[Playing the mental illness card is not all that unusual by members of the Culture of Narcissism. With the corporate gifts readily available to the political psychiatrists, if they say the "right" words, extirpation of Aryan Pride is quite vogue (it's really been going on for 4000 years). <br>Com'n, do it again, quacks. You'll see real mental illness in action. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[inyocountycaman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 12:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Internet Addiction Could Be Classified As Mental Illness]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/03/18/internet-and-phone-addiction-could-be-classified-as-mental-illne/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow.  Another example of how everything is an "illness", huh?  How pathetic can this country get?!?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Joseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 12:43PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
