What kind of mental illness is Internet chat addiction?

Many people like chatting or playing games online, but they can relax, sometimes to a certain extent, without affecting their lives. But some people can't live and control themselves without surfing the Internet, chatting and playing online games. Someone asked, why?

Let's talk about it briefly today.

Addiction or addiction in our daily life is called dependence in psychiatry. Dependence is mainly caused by the use of psychoactive substances, and we call this kind of disease psychoactive substance induced disorder. Studies have found that the dependence on psychoactive drugs is due to its powerful reward function.

Behaviourally, dependence is mainly out of control and has the following characteristics:

Addicts have a strong desire to do something, but the result is harmful;

(2) if you don't control, tension and anxiety will gradually increase;

(3)-Once this behavior is completed, the tension and anxiety will be quickly and temporarily relieved;

(4) After a period of time, such as hours, days or weeks, the desire to carry out this behavior reappears;

⑤ External and internal environmental stimuli can cause this desire through conditioned reflex;

Addicts want to control this behavior, but they often fail.

Specific manifestations: such as drug abuse, smoking and drinking.

Let's start with behavioral addiction.

Some people are addicted to or keen on a certain behavior, unable to control themselves, resulting in physical and mental damage, which is very harmful to individuals, families and society. For example, addicted to the internet, gambling, shopping spree and so on.

Addiction caused by psychoactive substances is a physical and mental problem that we often talk about, while behavioral addiction is a brand-new category of mental illness. Because of indulging in internet, uncontrollable gambling and shopping spree, impulsive behavior not only has the general characteristics of addictive behavior, but also has some form of reward: winning games, winning money, buying things, or relieving troubles; There is pleasure in the process of behavior and satisfaction in the result.

Therefore, Internet chat addiction is a kind of behavioral addiction, and its health impact and harm to individuals, families and society should not be underestimated. We should treat it positively and intervene, and we must never let it develop freely.

For online chatting, many people will encounter it. In the face of communication with strangers, they will chat and communicate online, which will relieve the pressure to some extent and easily lead to various emotional interactions.

Online chatting can be unscrupulous chatting or unscrupulous communication. Facing strangers, they are often more exposed. At this time, their hearts are open and they feel that the other party really understands themselves and they really support themselves. Like many visitors, they are full of trust in psychological counselors, and believe that psychological counselors can help them solve their psychological confusion.

In the process of online chat, you can make yourself more relaxed and happy, and you can also make yourself very sincere. In the face of reality, people will have a lot of pressure, so they want to escape when they encounter pressure. At this time, online chatting is a place to vent emotions, thus resolving inner loneliness. More and more addictive, it is difficult to quit.

Internet addiction, indulging in it for a long time, is extremely unfavorable to your physical and mental health. At this time, you need to get rid of the internet and take part in something meaningful. A lot of things, moderate is the best, excessive, it will easily lead to mental illness.

The above is my answer, I hope it will help you.

Hello, online chatting itself is not a mental illness. If you surf the Internet excessively, it may lead to certain physiological or psychological effects. This method can be gradually changed by changing lifestyle.

On the Internet, regardless of age and region, it is easy for you to establish broader interpersonal relationships on the Internet, and it is also easy for some introverted people to let go without face-to-face communication. You can always find like-minded people and have more topics on the Internet.

Nowadays, there are a lot of online chats. Simple chatting is ok, but it should be limited and not excessive. Although online chatting is virtual, it is often put into practice, and many of them have developed into reality.