Computer Addiction: My Problem, and how I need something else to do
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[I][B][U]Guns.[/U][/B][/I]
Take up a club I goto a martial art called Kuk Sool Won it's very calming but also challenging, we have tournaments all around the UK, USA, Sweden, France, etc. Since I started a year ago it has changed my life for the better. By the way I am also 13 :downs:
Study. Its a great thing to do in your free time, and is in fact rewarding to get good marks at school. Get a friend to study with you. Makes studying fun, and makes sure you dont fall into computer addiction again.
EDIT: I used to be addicted, but i grew out of it, since a few months ago. Im 15 now. I spend a fraction of the time I used to.
My way was to find a friend to study so i would keep focused on studying. Pay attention to classes and they simply become fun and interresting. I also starting do archery twice a weak. Nothing beats the feelling of MURDERING HORRIBLY targets with arrows.
Thank you all, I could beat this addiction for I have ventured outside today.
Bike ride?
Swimming with mates?
Music?
Footy with mates?
[QUOTE=bobste;18153340]start a punk band[/QUOTE]
and then get addicted to music?
[QUOTE=ducky5;18148922]Read a book. It's like tv in your head... May I Suggest
[img]http://missdesaire.blog.friendster.com/files/to_kill_a_mocking_bird.jpg[/img] Really good book![/QUOTE]
that was a fucking horrible book
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[QUOTE=rb_pk;18153354]and then get addicted to music?[/QUOTE]
no, do the exact opposite of what mom says
Build models. I like airplanes myself.
Working on a 2' model of one of these:
[img]http://www.wingweb.co.uk/wingweb/img/450-McDonnell_Phantom_F-4E_TISEO.jpg[/img]
Modelling is also fun if you're into history or airplanes (cars / buildings / anatomy / whatever you're modeling) because you learn a lot about them from the little instruction booklets and looking up reference pictures and such. This particular model I'm building, for example, has a removable engine so you can look at the turbine and such.
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[QUOTE=ducky5;18148922]Read a book. It's like tv in your head... May I Suggest
[img]http://missdesaire.blog.friendster.com/files/to_kill_a_mocking_bird.jpg[/img] Really good book![/QUOTE]
Fuck that book, it bored me to tears.
Read some Arthur C. Clarke.
Go outside, lay in the grass, stick some earphones on and look at the sky.
I used to have a similar problem (Granted, not that bad) but I found going out all the time was the best medicine. Now I am the complete opposite, I find it extremely difficult staying at home on my own without doing anything such as socialising.
Don't be afraid to click the shutdown button. Just set a time at which you turn your computer off and don't turn it on again for the rest of the day, just go watch tv.
You could also start photography. Just go outside and take pictures.
Airsoft, maybe?
Worked for me, find some friends near you that also play, find some good spots, tons to do.
[QUOTE=Juggernog;18148323]I'm already 2 years into high school. We go into high school at 11[/QUOTE]
Just so you know, secondary school in England (and possibly the entire UK, though I'm hesitant to extend it that far) is occasionally called high school but isn't the same as what is meant by high school in the US: that's from ninth grade upwards, i.e. Year 10 and upwards in England.
As for suggestions, try physics or maths. Seriously, it's damn fun. Not any of the crap you'll be learning for SATs, GCSEs, or whatever it is that you have coming up: the heavy duty things that they always skip around in lessons (e.g. complex numbers and quaternions, various proofs that for some reason are avoided like the plague, all that good stuff). I [i]am[/i], however, a tremendous nerd so, you know, your mileage may vary.
Failing that, try a musical instrument. Even better, something that isn't played by a great deal of people. See: bassoon.
[QUOTE=Dummkopf;18148815]Stop using the PC.
Get a Mac.[/QUOTE]
That would break the addiction completely, he would never want to use a computer again.
Arggghhh
Automerge Breaker :argh:
[QUOTE=CNiall;18153750]Just so you know, secondary school in England (and possibly the entire UK, though I'm hesitant to extend it that far) is occasionally called high school but isn't the same as what is meant by high school in the US: that's from ninth grade upwards, i.e. Year 10 and upwards in England.
As for suggestions, try physics or maths. Seriously, it's damn fun. Not any of the crap you'll be learning for SATs, GCSEs, or whatever it is that you have coming up: the heavy duty things that they always skip around in lessons (e.g. complex numbers and quaternions, various proofs that for some reason are avoided like the plague, all that good stuff). I [i]am[/i], however, a tremendous nerd so, you know, your mileage may vary.
Failing that, try a musical instrument. Even better, something that isn't played by a great deal of people. See: bassoon.[/QUOTE]
Forgot about it, music helps too. It's always fun to sit around on my piano / playing the guitar / ukulele / harmonica.
Install Vista, and you will be spending less time in the computer.
Try to take up an instrument. Get a cheapo acoustic guitar or something.
Disconnect yourself from the internet. You will stop using it.
Take up skateboarding or BMX-ing. If you can ride already, it would be a nice expansion.
[quote]Build models. I like airplanes myself.
Working on a 2' model of one of these:
Modelling is also fun if you're into history or airplanes (cars / buildings / anatomy / whatever you're modeling) because you learn a lot about them from the little instruction booklets and looking up reference pictures and such. This particular model I'm building, for example, has a removable engine so you can look at the turbine and such.[/quote]
Or, if you have the money, take up Warhammer or Warhammer 40k. While you do have to spend a while (read: about a week) getting used to the rules and stuff, building the models, painting them and playing games can be fun if you get other people playing. I know I would if I had the money. :frown:
Go outside.
Hate to say it, but it's the truth.
I use the computer a lot, too. What did I do? Go outside. Problem solved.
[quote=juggernog;18147024]right,
let's keep this thread quick and simple as it's just adding to the time that i spend staring at the screen of my laptop, in-game on the web or on facepunch/facebook. It's a really bad habit and i have a good feeling that this is going to be the time that i will stop it. I have considered getting a job, but in the uk, will they really take a worker of just 13 years of age?
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Join a sports team
Live forever
Start Bocking:
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Pic of me:
[img]http://www.jurassicjumpers.stiltsmedia.co.uk/forum/gallery/12_27_09_09_9_26_53.jpeg[/img]
Before I started Bocking my BMI was 23 and now it is 18.1, I also used to be a shite runner(or anything involving my legs) and now I am one of the fastest in my year.
Many Bockers I have met are now good friends, it has really turned my life around.
A whole bunch of stuff you can do.
Write.
Draw.
Read.
Learn to breakdance.
Learn a martial art.
Learn parkour.
Take up whittling, woodcarving, zen calligraphy, photography.
Muse about life and act wise in the process.
Go "people-watching".
Uh.. there's lots of things you can do in complete isolation and privacy.
That bocking shit looks fun. I should get into it.
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