Addiction
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Well gives me the excuse to blog.yes I am on line,
Have you ever wondered why is it that you can’t seem to turn off the T.V,in spite of promising your self that you will?
ADDICTION is a disorder characterrized by criteria that include spending a great deal of time using the substance ,using it more often than one intends;thinking about reducing use or making repeated unsuccessful effort to reduce use;giving up important social, family or occupational activities to use it,and reporting withdrawal symptoms when one stops using it.
Over the decades humanity has encountered numerous substances of addication.Temptations, which start out as pure indulgences may lead to addiction and many cases waste lives .Such temptation are not only in the form of physical substance but also things like gambling and our not too innocent Idiot box. yes folks, you have read correctly, that is the box…..the television…. that many of us flick on and off numerous times during the day . can be regarded as a substance of addication.
Put very simply, the criteria of addiction ,as defined above, can apply to heavy viewers i.e. those viewing more than four hours of T.V. daily and so ,to add to the list of growing ills blamed on T.V. is its addictive factor.
Have you ever wondered why is it that you can’t turn off the T.V.,just stop watching it in spite of promising yourself that you will,and the plain fact that nothing worthwhile is on?Many of us have faced the same problem……. the same love hate relationship with T.V. We may curse it,vow not to get a new one,even contemplate putting it away, yet the T.V. is not a whole bunch of garbage and evil.It has a lot of benefits.
It can teach, provide amusement,a means of escape and much needed distraction not only for the totally out of control four year olds,,but also for their exhausted parents by the end of the day.From babies to the elderly,the T.V. holds attraction for all.and yes you read correctly,My friends A researcher has reported babies at six to eight weeks viewing T.V. and another slightly older infants turning their necks 180 degrees to catch a glimpse.
Television viewing is now the world’s most popular liesure pastime. In industrial countries,individuals on average spends three hours daily watching T.V. which is half of their free time and most spent on any activity apart from work or sleep
A person who lives to be 75 has spent a total of 9 years watching T.V.
Ever heard someone complain "If the T.V is on I just can’t keep my eyes off it" How very true!The T.V’s attention-grabing property is due to something known as the orienting response. Ingrained through the evolutionary development, this provides an unconditional responsive to any auditory or visual stimulus and making up part of this reponse are factors such as dilation of blood vessels to the brain.slowing of the heart and constriction of blood vessel to muscle( He!He!He!
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Tell me do people watch T.V. to fight boredom or does T.V. increase people’s susceptibilty to boredom and isolation?
Addictive or not you tell me He!He!He!
