What are the signs you're "addicted" to technology?

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Courtney Lindt answered

I don't know that much about it. Whenever you aren't using it you get grumpy and anxious to get back on it and it's really hard to get off technology..but google it too I'm not positive

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Yo Kass
Yo Kass commented
I do feel anxious whenever my phone battery is running low, and I don't like being in places where there is no internet access... do you think these are signs of addiction?

I also wonder whether there are rehab programs to help people become less technologically dependant.
If there isn't, someone should open one!
Courtney Lindt
Courtney Lindt commented
You might be a but addicted then. I'm not sure about rehab programs, you could look that up for your area. Where I live we don't, but I live in the UK and most people on here live in America so I don't know
Courtney Lindt
Courtney Lindt commented
Bit not but
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Yo Kass answered

From my experiences, there are several signs your infatuation with technology has taken a more serious turn...

This is you first thing in the morning, and last thing at night:

You can't go to bed without your phone. And the first thing you do when you wake up is reach around blindly for your phone.

A mobile device is more than a handy tool for making calls or browsing the web; it's a soulmate, your link to the rest of the world, your main source of information.

It's as vital to you as a light-sabre to a Jedi.

You feel anxious and sick when your laptop can't find any Wi-Fi signals in the vicinity.

"Searching, searching, searching... Why is it not connecting!!!"

Anyone who knows that feeling of frantically trying to guess passwords of protected Wifi accounts knows what I'm talking about!

People like this end up missing out on things like camping or safari holidays, simply because they can't serve that connecting between themselves and the warmth and security of being online 24/7.

You start using complex technology to manage and operate things that could easily be done through other means.

For example, trying to book out a meeting room in our office required registering to a service and updating a calendar that would then alert everyone else in the office that the meeting room was unavailabe.

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Mike J
Mike J commented
"You can't go to bed without your phone"

Is your addiction to technology/this site keeping you awake? Haha.
Yo Kass
Yo Kass commented
Well, it is 00:37 and I've just signed on to check out some new activity and answer a few questions :) I also blame the coffee I just drank!

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