You're talking, but you're not saying anything.
Now there’s rehab for Internet addicts
The program involves a 10–day stay at the center, where patients will do a full detox from their devices. During that time, they may experience withdrawal symptoms that can be treated with medication. Young didn’t specify which meds would be used, but Grohol points out that there are no FDA–approved medications for treating Internet withdrawal. “If you’re using a treatment strategy that has research backing linked to substance abuse, and just saying they work for Internet addiction, when there’s no research to actually back them up . . . it makes me scratch my head.”Yes, please do answer that question.
The center’s treatment programs are tailored to a patient’s specific needs. They will meet with therapists and attend classes to understand their addiction and how they can overcome it going forward. They’ll also learn about “what they can be doing in terms of sponsorship and support,” Young says.
Slowly, technology is reintroduced over the 10–day period. “For one hour you get to do what you really wanna do on the Internet, the next day two, next day three.” Patients are counseled about developing coping mechanisms for when they reenter the real world. The main thing is understanding how their use of technology took over so much of their time.
“What was it that got them to that point in the first place?” Young asks.
And do explain how detoxing from the devices helps too.
BEFORE you open your damn clinic.
Many of the people who come to Young look like zombies. “It’s like if you were to think of a heroin addict,” she says. “They are gaunt and sick almost.”Seriously? They are sick, dumbass.
You are making it worse just by taking up their time.
By the way, it's $14,000 to be isolated from society, and not covered by insurance.
Kind of like Scientology.
