Computers increase anxiety

Test it for yourself. It's not only because they keep you focused, but because they distract you from nature and the "outside" world. Thus, you start to forget about it and experiences in the real world start to become more exciting then they should be. Tomorrow, when you wake up, spend some time (several hours) without touching and turning on the computer. Get out for a walk, even go to a place where you usually become anxious. Anxiety will hardly visit you if you do it soon after wake up because you are still in a relaxed state. Again - test it for yourself.

Agree and disagree.

I must thank the computer because it allowed me to find 2 really great partners. I found them on a dating website, talked to them online for awhile, and then met them in real life. I have met a couple guys sans the computer, and it wasn't the same. I feel like I had more of a connection with the ones I met online, and thus, allowed me to communicate better with them. Without meeting these great ppl, I might not have experienced some things

Though, I can totally see how being on the computer too much can interfere with the real world. As long as people can set some boundaries, it can be an okay tool. I do think the internet is overused. I long for the days when the internet was not so big. LOL, I was probably a kid then, but I miss the simplicity of it. Just think of Kid Rock's song 'All Summer Long.' He says, "It's the simple things in life, like 'when' and 'where.' We did not have the internet, but man, I never will forgot the way the moonlight shined upon her hair.' It makes me jealous that I didn't grow up in the 70s and 80s a bit. It does take away from life - especially if you become too addicted.

interesting theory.

being someone who spends hours on end every day at the computer i could actually see this being true.

Too bad I'm a Computer Science major

Can't say this works for me, getting up and heading straight for lectures was (and is) a problem for me. Whether I spend time at the computer before I go or not make no difference. Sure you're not sensing some sort of placebo there, chief?

Interesting theory though, but my two cents are that having (or not having) time at the computer before you do something that can trigger anxiety won't make any sort of difference. Spending too much time at it overall though, then we may be talking, but then we're in the land of pros and cons, and barrels of them as well.

I don't even like doing the computer that much. I just have nothing else to do. If I didn't have a computer I'd be exactly the same, I'd just spend my whole day staring at a wall instead. Yay walls!

I don't really know if this is true for me. I probably wouldn't use the computer that much if I didn't have to write papers for school!

UHm it's just about abusing computers. Just like anything else. Reading too much books home will make you less social.