Comments on: Internet separation anxiety

By: Mandi

Mandi — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:46:28 +0000

I know I would feel just like you….even when i can’t sleeo I have to check what is happening in the big wide world….luckily my girls have grown so am not feeling too guilty about being on-line so much…have a good week…

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:21:48 +0000

I suffered from this badly even when not away on holidays LOL but I had to come to terms with my addiction …
I felt disconnected too even when away for a day or two and I would rush in the door to check .My husband hated it and hardly uses the internet -he doesn’t undertsand.

I still crave my ‘cyber world’ but for the sake of my family I had to make a hard choice.
‘Young families are a passing moment never to be recovered’. I didn’t want my toddlers’ lives to evaporate before me as they played and talked to my back.

By: Serge

Serge — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:23:19 +0000

Three weeks is not that much, and you were traveling mostly, not like staying in one place and getting homesick, you had no time for that. Give it at least two months and then we’ll talk about it.

Now, the problem is not in getting “home-internet-sick”, the problem is that you spend too much time online and when you don’t you just feel that lack and that’s disturbing you. I suggest you stick to the essentials, like emailing, some networking and other favorite or necessary stuff, forget about the rest!

By: Lulu

Lulu — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:35:37 +0000

I am an internet addict and do not cope well away from it. In Japan, it wasn`t a problem because I checked my email and fav blogs and own blog etc via my mobile but more than a couple of days then I would be shouting to my partner to get me to an internet cafe, pronto!

In fact, the thing I find most stressful about moving is that Internet is always down for a couple of days!

Like I said, I am definitely an addict!

By: river

river — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:42:30 +0000

I’m actually trying to wean myself away from the internet a bit. My library books are stacking up alarmingly. I’ve declared Sundays as computer free days. Last Sunday was the first one, it wasn’t too bad.

By: Lightening

Lightening — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:18:17 +0000

How do I cope without internet? I don’t. Simple as that. Actually, I don’t mind if we’re away for a few days or even a week but beyond that I find it really hard/boring.

By: goatlady

goatlady — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:32:02 +0000

Hey Cellobella – got a case of mistaken goat identity – there’s actually two of us goatladies, and we’ve both being using the name for aaaaages but never came across each other until quite recently. I’m in Perth…

By: Cellobella

Cellobella — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:03:58 +0000

I’m SO with you on this. Recently suffered a bout myself. I felt completely disconnected.

And I’ve just read on AllForWomen that you’re in hospital – all the best for a speedy recovery!

By: jen

jen — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:55:46 +0000

I think too long without the internet I would start to feel disconnected. But if it’s a shortish time then I actually feel quite liberated and free.

By: Colin Campbell

Colin Campbell — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:16:13 +0000

I have to admit that I would feel odd after a few days. A whole world that didn’t really exist for my first 45 years, making a big impression now. I think that your experience is very normal.