Friday, March 11, 2011

Rebound Excessive Internet Usage

3:23 am.
Zombie mode. Not studying. Surfing. Exam day on Monday. I am not even halfway through.
Room 209, Anglo Residences.
Bed.

My clock is ticking. 3:23 in the morning and my eyes are still fixated on my laptop, leaving behind my acads and surfing the internet instead. Studied at around 9:30. Done at 1. Promised myself to sleep but no, I just can't resist the temptation. But I am not guilty because this is how I overcome my stress. It's my outlet in really trying to cope up.

I remember most of my classmates avoid the overusage of internet during exam week. There were those who really blocked their FB accounts not until the end of the hell week. There were even those who didn't dare opening their laptops. For some, this is quite martyrdom, I call it "internet fasting". The truth is it's never new to me. In fact, for almost a year, I intentionally cut my internet line just to focus on my acads. But because I felt isolated, I searched for friends and hell yeah, I tried my best to have my internet back. But the drawback is that I can't get rid of what the internet can offer. Of course, I use it most importantly for downloading important school files but I'm just wasting a lot of time just by watching youtube vids alone. I call this "Rebound Excessive Internet Usage" because when you are in a period where you are repressed of doing so many things, you'll end up doing and even becoming dependent to a certain action to that you're not used to do in the first place. That's just weird but pharmacology doesn't just speak exclusively. :)


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