Ten years ago, the only people who spent a majority of their leisure time on the computer were paid members of the technology industry. Today, however, surfing the Web has become a pastime as social and marketable as bar hopping or going to the movies. As the web has become a part of mainstream life, some mental health professionals have noted that a percentage of people using the web do so in a compulsive and out-of-control manner. In one extreme (1997) Cincinnati case, unemployed mother Sandra Hacker allegedly spent over 12 hours a day secluded from her three young and neglected children while she surfed the Web. For better or for worse, this phenomena of compulsive Internet use has been termed 'Internet Addiction' based on its superficial similarity to common addictions such as smoking, drinking, and gambling. Internet Addiction has even been championed as an actual disorder, notably by psychologists Kimberly Young, Ph.D and David Greenfield, Ph.D...
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notes:
- I think this web site will be really good to help build a stronger backstory for rehab clinic and explaining the going ons within Auroras (aka sleeping beauty) time there.
- We could possibly exaggerate the treatment slightly to create a more sinister underlining or the sinister treatment could be just the characters view on the treatment- exaggeration in her head...?
- need to look into "Cognitive therapy" more
Annabelle
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