Does this fit anyone YOU know?
Check out this article on Wired.com:
Narcissistic Blog Disorder and Other Conditions of Online Kookery
The AMA recently suggested that perhaps gaming addiction should be considered as a sub-category of internet addiction. This is a step in the right direction. Clearly “internet addiction” doesn’t begin to cover the realm of bizarre and pathological behaviors the internet inspires. Herewith a list of afflictions and syndromes I feel should be added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV, or perhaps the DSM IV.Ib.
Several syndromes:
Narcissistic Blog Disorder
Bookmark Loop Disorder
E-mail Gullibility Syndrome
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June 20th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
It fits almost EVERYONE I know…
June 21st, 2007 at 10:05 am
Yep that sure does sound like a few people I know….
June 21st, 2007 at 11:35 pm
I may have mild bookmark loop disorder.
June 21st, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Actually, I guess commenting at 11:35 at night when I have to work in the morning is proof that I have it.
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:09 am
The fact that we have blogs means we have at least a mild form of all of these! LOL