Negative Effects of Technology

Technology can not only negatively effect ones physical health, privacy but there are also emotional and psychological effects which can be disastrous.’ Internet addiction is a psychological dependency on using the internet regardless of the type of activity once logged on’ .caplan 02. ‘a cycle of five successive and interdependent stages’.young01. Discovery, experimentation, escalation, compulsion, and hope lessness lead the person through a series of cause and effect emotions..yong.08 describes a person with a tendancy to avoid life problems by medicating him self with the internet.Lonely people with low self esteem choose emotional relationships with cyberspace frinds. Becase ‘real’ individuals rejecting them is no longer possible, the person feels safe and confident in his world of denial.abs 08. Bisides social awkwardness and isolation the psychologically dependant person is one who tends to avoid real life situation and problems.abs.08..speaks of increasing absence from work as a woman’s online sexual fantasies grew into an obcession . to feel angry, jealous, rejected and abandoned as they experience the emotional pain of an online affair by their partner. Conflict and emotional cost is also a result of poker playing online.chb.00. states that intense players played 3 times longer than the majority, in one study.. Other life activities would be effected more and more. An incrase in emotional pain resulting. However, emotional pain is not only caused by the individual’s online behavior but also the financial strain of the addiction. Chb09.. states that in its study of online poker players, most player moderated their behavior based on wins and losses.1 the most involved players. However, did not this would indicate a high financial strain when these players experienced loss. Nms07 study on problem gambling on the internet found that 42.7% of internet gamblers were problem gamblers.b. Another emotional result of online gambling is the altered perception