computer addiction?

[zsandoz]

hey guys

i cant seem to find anything to do besides sit at the screen, check my email, and talk on this #crazymeds irc channel!  help me!!

if i try to do something else i get horribly depressed and bored.  how do i sever myself from the PC?

[Velvet Elvis]

I suppose we could ban you if you ask nicely.

[Lily]

VE, I've actually considered writing you guys and asking you to limit my access times. But then I realized I'd just go play somewhere else until I could get back here.

I also downloaded on-line software called "Temptation Buster" that will block access to any program on your hard drive--and to the Temptation Buster program itself--for however many hours you specify (of course this assumes you have moments of lucidity and you can, fingers trembling, block your own access to Solitaire). But damn! I download it, it works once, then I can't open the damn program ever again!

zsandos, can you shut the computer off, and pretend that it's like 1980 and you don't have a computer anymore?

[Velvet Elvis]

I've got a program that flashes my screen every hour just to keep me aware of the passage of time.  I still procrastinate enough and say "I'll quit in just a few minutes" every few minutes that that I get nothing done.

[ldo]

Well, with time, relief of depression, and treatment of my ADD, plus having a new girlfriend, I seem to be having less of a problem. But it ain't easy. Highly recommend walks on sunny days, plus exercise, etc. But that's not easy to do. I'll bet if you buy a bucket and show up as a volunteer in New Orleans you won't see a working monitor for days.