The effects of Internet addiction on Relationships

Relationship Expert David Kavanagh gave Ciara his advice on Internet addiction, as many couples are coming to conflict over the issue.

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Irrespective of the consequences that Internet Addiction has on real-life relationships, without any doubt it has a tremendous psychological hold over an individual operating in cyberspace and his relationships, causing dissociation of the real into the virtual and letting the subconscious surface and play its defences. Only an aware and self-disciplined individual can escape the subtle yet powerful psychological manipulation of this addiction to know the boundaries and where to draw the line. Treating internet as a means to an end helps to perceive it just as a commodity and not as something to seek life contentment from.