Are you addicted?

Addictions can be serious. And email and internet addictions exist. Just like two people having the same drink at a bar, with one being and alcohalic and the other not, the way people email may not be indicative of an addiction. There are other signs. We are not psychiatrists, but we brought one in for you to hear the straight stuff about email addiction.

Listen to this brief interview with Dr. Joel Schwartz,
head of psychiatry at Abington Memorial Hospital:

Maybe you're addicted and maybe you're not, perhaps you just have emailing habits that don't serve you well. Both prescriptions call for you to take control of how you manage your email, your inbox, your day and your life.

Click here for some resources that will help.

 

And sometimes, Just sometimes, it's good to chuckle at ourselves...

And, just for fun... You know you're an E-Mail E-ddict when...?

  • You email yourself if you haven't received email for several minutes,   just to make sure the email system hasn't gone down...
  • You look up EVERY time your computer "BRRRINGS" to announce an email...
  • You name your pets Mozilla, Firefox and Google
  • You name your kids Mozilla, Firefox and Google
  • You get upset if you don't receive a response to your email message in an hour...
  • You refer to yourself as your email address when someone asks your name
  • You email someone who has thanked you, thanking him or her for thanking you.
  • You stop what you are doing to answer an "easy" email, even tho' it might not be the most important, JUST to knock it off the list...
  • You check your email the minute you get outa bed... even if it is the middle of the night
  • You ask new acquaintances for their email addresses, not their phone numbers...
  • You open your email first, before doing anything else...
  • You sleep with your Blackberry nestled under your arm
  • You keep more than 1000 items in your inbox at all times...
  • You click "send/receive" just to make sure you haven't "missed" any email...
  • You check your spam filters hourly (or less) to make sure you're not missing anything...
  • You email the person sitting in the desk next to you, rather than turn around to ask the question...

 

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