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    Depressing news

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8493149.stm

    There is a strong link between heavy internet use and depression, UK psychologists have said.

    The study, reported in the journal Psychopathology, found 1.2% of people surveyed were "internet addicts", and many of these were depressed.



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    Dr Vaughan Bell, from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London said that by definition, those identified as "internet addicts" are emotionally distressed, so the conclusions are "not a big surprise".

    In terms of cause and effect, he pointed out that previous research has suggested that people who are depressed or anxious may be more likely to use the internet rather than the other way round.
    I wouldn''t worry about it.

    It's a generational thing.

    Teenagers have been soaked in it - you show any of them this article and they'd look at you like you'd gone out...

    Dude.

    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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      Originally posted by cojak View Post

      Dude.
      What does mine say?

      Sweet!
      ‎"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."

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