Topic: IS THE USE OF INTERNET MAKING YOU EMOTIONLESS? (Read 4126 times)

may be bad but i think it has no concern with the emotion of a person. although it make arise your emotion while watchin social media the different kind of news and activities but i think it cannot make yo emotionless.

Hey, you need to change with time. Internet is bad but amazing and a lifesaver at the same time

People are so over sensitive nowadays. I don't know maybe because of too much freedom or just being spoiled when they are young..

The question might be quite ambiguous because I spend most of my times in internet than the reality, or better we all are
virtually alive but to some extent it is also true that we've grown the level of our stupidity that we are emotional for
such nonsense things that we can't even imagine about. There's even dating through internet.
So, it is quite difficult to say whether internet has made us emotionless or stupidly emotional.

It truly depends upon the user who has been into the internet for their earning as well entertainment. Possibly every human have at least emotions at some corner.

to me it if we talk about the majority. i will like to say that there is no such element in internet that can cause a person emotion less. i will like to add that there are such kind of elements which can cause us emotional. for example the news of the Afghanistan war Shaam and Esrail  usually cause us emotional.

Maybe a little bit man.
The fact is the more u use internet,more u get "socially ill" i mean you dont meet people,you dont meet new friends etc.you just sit and do ... "something"
Anyway internet is very useful and thats is fact which you cant argue

You should know it in teenage girls. You know when puberty once strike to you, you can't deny the fact that they are undergoing over-sensitive, maturity and immaturity but most of them failed to pass being mature and can only think of it once they experience how it feels being embarrassed.

As i watch younger kids. They want to do as much as what they are artist they want would do. Especially girls where they think love life is that easy to achieve

Yeah but you can't remove the fact that we have an empathy, most of people had it. If you don't, you are immediately classified as psychopaths. People who can control their emotion can still feel empathy if they feel the situation reflect them.

it depends on how you use it. Some times it leaks wrong info but sometimes it makes you aware on whats happening around the world

I think it varies from individual to individual.

its possible that you'd be emotionless later when you get to be busy online.
you might not have time to play around with your kids anymore because there's just a lot of things to do online besides trading bitcoins.


its the kids that start using tablets as early as 5 years old that's worrisome.

Internet is part of my life I spent 15 hours a day on internet and I still have emotion

I feel the same. It's easy to say stop to use internet for a while and go outside, but it's not easy to do. I tried to forget about internet at least for the time of my vacations somewhere on the seaside, but but... I couldn't. In couple days I came back to using it and posting my photos from a beach and reply on comments of my friends to that pictures. It's just a bog.

People themselves don't realize the effect of virtual social life. If we are doing online job then it's a different thing but using social media constantly can cause damage on human emotions. Few studies have been conducted that said people addicted to social media usually feel unportable being around people. They tend to feel disconnected.

very good i have the same feeling. i think if a person is alive he must have emotion. the only this is that some people have control on their emotion and some do not have control on their emotion. other wise emotion is some thing natural that cannot be removed from a living person.

I do feel a little bit brain dead at times but it has not got anything to do with my emotions. Stress is what causes me to have ups and downs emotionally but on the internet I relax but it only hurts my eyesight sometimes.

Lol, what are you talking about? People who sit in front of their computer everyday has nothing to do with their brain. It's their natural thing, to have emotion. You can't remove it in every person unless they remove the part of the brain that manage to make emotions.

I also feel that the youny generation of 21st century who spent more time on internet are becoming emotionless.
They are losing track of the basic human instinct. They are mostly engaged in their virtual life and are less concerned about being together with other people.

but i have no such feeling. i think i am feeling nothing. i even cannot observe any changes while using internet or after using internet. i feel normal. it cannot bring any change in my emotion. i have full control on my emotion.

Any studies confirm that? Most I saw was that younger people that spent too little time in face to face interactions could have problems with nonverbal communication. So couldn't read faces well, or body language, etc. But that alone doesn't mean they are less emotional or snob.

well i agree with you with everything you just said except for one thing. this circumstances are more observed in the current generation. young people nowadays have a great deal of tendency to be more snob and emotionless.

very good. i have also the same feelings. i think there is no such element in internet that can make a person feeling less. i also set all the time in front of computer using internet but still i am sound and healthy having sound body and feeling.

I am just spending more of my time on internet than spending it with my buddies i think that is the only thing that internet changed me but im sure that i still have a good social life outside the cyber world and i still have a complete emotion . I can still laugh so hard , i can still feel a pleasure and even a pain physically and emotionally .

But you can never really deny how internet too has also been a culprit of a lot of crimes and offenses. Well I guess from the get go this can't be helped.

Not at all. In various factors internet had made a big impact on the emotions of users. The communication which has been better with the internet had made relations get closer.

I have a feeling that  internet makes me even more emotional after I have more information about what interests me.

Well for me ill say half. I still have emotions though but I don't cry that much now when I get hurt or experiencing problems. Guess internet gave me clear mind in face of a problem or sorrow maybe that's the reason why I don't cry and feel much of it and I always solve it calmly not like when I don't always use internet.

you have stop it for a while bro , if you will became more emotionless and will be afraid to interact with other people and the worst scenario is you can make a bad thing that is not affecting your feelings and emotion .

I can't relate to that sorry, I know that I stay the same whether the people around me are genuine or not. I certainly do not alter my behavior in any way to reflect their fakeness back at them. It has to be said that I have exactly zero friends in real life precisely because I do not/can't pretend. It's not that I think I'm better than other people, I just can't fake being happy to see/be around people or fake being interested in conversations. I know a lot of you might think that I have a sad life but truth is I couldn't be happier. That doesn't mean that I'm an ass to everyone I meet, I'm always professional and courteous, it's just that I don't/can't pretend to care beyond my respect for life in any form. I see all instances of life as equal.

To a certain point yes.

But usually the act of however that person usually is, can be based on you being genuine or not.

Which they can reflect the same way if you are..have you noticed that before?

Shut up bitch

Lmao i think it is just happening to you , you should take a break from online activities and stop for a while get back to your real life and the real world .  i admit that i am spending more of my time on the internet but i still have my emotions and i still have a good social life not in the virtual world .

Yes you can't change yourself physically but you can change your mindset or the way how you perceive things by learning and gathering information. This things makes you knowledgeable that even change your point of view in life.

Personally I think you are a lot more likely to find fake people in real life than online. People are generally less shy/fearful and speak their minds more freely when they cannot be identified. If your friends are fading away, perhaps they were never that close to you in the first place. I think what you're experiencing is simply a reality check, you're starting to see the world for how it actually is. It's a good thing as long as you don't wallow in self pity.

We can't change who we are, so lets accept ourselves and move on

Emotionless?  uhm.. I still cry, laugh, frown, and get mad whenever I watched video clips on the internet.  On the part of friends that are fading away, yes I agree in a way that I can still communicate with them on social medias but I am always absent whenever there are social gatherings.  Internet makes me always sad whenever I looked on my friends status.  It makes me weak, cause I have no time to exercise because I spent all my time looking and browsing.  They are using me more than I am using them.

You should also consider the fact that some people are already in the part where they are isolated from the society and are depressed because of that. Do you have any advice for those people that are already on that stage?

Some emotionless people can not go out of the depression and social anxiety hole anymore. Even if they are outside, they feel all alone. Surrounded by million people but would still feel alone simply because internet has been a "home" for most of them. Most internet people are being bullied in real life and are being praised on the internet. That is why they tend to isolate themselves from the society in the real world and make the internet a place where they can be socially accepted.

In one period of my life I had the same experience as you.
In fact, I was depress and was trying just to find some funny things on Internet, play around in order to get rid of negative feelings and to have some fun.
Of course I realized that Internet is not solution.
If you want real life than you need real friends, not virtual friends and virtual life over Internet.
Internet can be good in some aspect of our life like payments, Internet banking, buying things, communication etc.
But, believe me, you have to go out and do something practical, meet real people, do real things or you will become more isolated and depressed.

Yes  you stick to computer and lose ur friends

I can not believe that I am starting to be emotional again. I used to be like OP but now, I think I'm falling in love once more to the girl I once took for granted. I used to not feel anything because of the internet that is why I left her. Now that I got focused in this forum, I don't watch Youtube and don't browse meme sites (9Gag, & Memecenter) anymore. I get the feel that I'm slowly becoming more human and start to be normal again. I hope OP will soon be able to relate to my situation right now -- The feeling of being human.

it can and it cant! it depends on the individual person on how he feels about things. i myself spend most of my time in the internet
yet i still find emotional things emotional. its just that if you think too much about the movies you watch and compare it to real life then
thats when your self in real life.

Well internet was made to connect us all but unfornately, it's making us away from each other. Maybe not physically, but mentally and emotionally. Some people get together but don't even talk with each other. They prefer to use their phone throughout the whole get together day.

The internet in general disconnects us from society and replaces it with a digital model.
Seeing real people and building real connections tend to occur less as you get older because your at work all day and not able to get out as much.

Let's face the fact that we had it in us. We are emotionless and at the same time we have emotions. Sometimes you just feel like you don't care enough about the world. Like you get this feeling of not talking to any single human even to your parents. I personally get stucked here in the internet world. I don't go outside. I just let my parents work for me. Simply because I know in myself that it only takes time to be a Pro here in the bitcoin world and as soon as that time happens, I'll be able to support myself financially.

Going back to the topic, yep. I'm emotionless. I do have a girlfriend kind of. But sometimes I just want to go back to our house when I'm with her. I feel like internet will make me feel better. I don't know if this should be a negative factor, but I think being emotionless is really good for me as it gets me shift my moods and emotions in no time since they are not real at all. I can easily cope with situations.

To summarize this post, internet makes me emotionless and being emotionless makes me live my life better.

Thank you all for your advise and support

yes, internet can make you more emotionless and less interact with society,many researcher believe that internet can make people become less care with people and then it has proven that people that are addicted to internet have less friends

xavier77,

Go and have a cry about your romcom buddies not wanting to watch a weepie with you anymore.
Is it because of the internet, or is it because you've got fat and your tv room smells of pizza cheese?

Yes. I started to fake laughs whenever I'm out with friends. Whenever I'm in school, the only thing I want to do is go home and browse memes. They kind of make me happy in some way. I don't know why, I just can't control it. My social life is now gone. I don't have any loyal friends now. I'm just alone now.

If you just watch them, you won't have time to use those emotions which you have in real life.

no. its the opposite for me. i love watching different genre of movies and dramas online and it gives different kind of emotions that i apply in real life. though i have few friends it doesnt make me emotionless.

many liberals use a lot of internet and emotions still control them

Internet has nothing to do with emotions but still if you feel so, try to spend less time on internet.
Talk to your friends and family more often. And I think it would be better if you will consult a doctor for betterment of your mental health.

I think being emotionless is making people emotionless. Have some imagination to take control of your life and mental states. How can I blame something on someone. Sure there are things we cant change but nobody controls how I see or cope with my external reality. Make the easy, although hard for many, choice of being responsible for your feelings, thoughts, position in life, and every day choices of doing absolutely nothing or something if your an active person. Either way none of it matters but at least be cognizant of your choice in the world and how that choice is in fact a decision an not a factor determined by your environment. 

Yeah sometimes im sad happy angry but now im dull all day in front of computer and my friends also left me because of internet

^ you should always post the source. Not just copy it. Was taken from here: http://www.chicagonow.com/when-you-put-it-that-way/2012/02/is-social-networking-making-us-all-lazy/

Once upon a time there was only a telephone. A telephone that had no hold button, no call waiting, no call forwarding. A telephone that had a busy signal if you were on it. A telephone that had no camera, wasn't portable and plugged into your wall. And a phone number that did not have to include an area code. Other than that telephone, which was the only form of communication outside of physically talking to someone there was nothing. That was it. And I think I liked it better.

I did because you actually had to TALK TO SOMEONE. You got to carry on a conversation and hear the person's voice. You could hear their emotions. If they were excited you heard it, it didn't come through in a text message with a few extra exclamation points to let you know how excited they were. It wasn't tweeted for someone to possibly catch on your news feed. And it wasn't posted on Facebook. It was all in a phone call. It was personal and it felt great.

I am certainly guilty of falling into the social networking trap. I have had a Facebook page for several years as well as a twitter account. Recently however, I have come to question the value of them and wondered how much time it has taken away from well....being truly social. I also wonder how lazy it has made us in relationships or in particular, our daily lives. We most certainly found other interests before these things took over.

Out of habit I find myself constantly checking Facebook. Then after I check it I ask myself why. Is there really anything pressing on it I couldn't live without knowing? If someone wanted me to know something, couldn't they call me?

In the past year I have attempted to utilize social networking to share my blog. I post them on FB and twitter. But what else do I need it for?

I did some research on a few form of social networking and the results are staggering to me. The amount of time spent on FB and twitter alone makes me wonder how people get anything done at all. Facebook users go on the site an average of 40 times per month. They spend an average of 23 minutes per visit. That's 15 1/2 hours a month that I imagine may be better used doing other things. There are 770 billion page views per month; 200 million smart phone users access the site every single day.

In January of 2010 it was reported that Twitter use had risen 82% in one year. That statistic is sure to have risen even more sharply since that time. There are a lot of people that don't understand twitter. I went so far as to have a session with a "twitter expert" to learn it. I did and lately, just as with Facebook, I am wondering what the point is.

A fellow blogger (A City Mom) today posted the following status on FB: "Let's add Pinterest right behind Twitter on my list of time-killing social media that I really just don't get." Amen City Mom. It made me realize that what I had been feeling lately was shared by others.

My first experience with social laziness was with the invention of the text message.  I used to always ask my daughters why they couldn't just pick up their phone and make a call. If they needed to ask someone a time pressing question I had to beg them to just CALL. Average text messages per month in the age group 13-17 is a whopping 3,339. Over 100 per day. Just wondering how much time that takes away from little things like studying. Or how many are done in class where phones most likely aren't allowed.

Now we have another site called Pinterest. It's the fastest growing site in history with 10 million monthly visitors in it's first year. I don't really get the site, as A City Mom has also stated and I have purposely avoided it. I have a job, a family and a life. I used to have hobbies that have fallen to the wayside as I have spent so much time on social networking.

As anything, there are some benefits to the various forms. Facebook has reconnected me with some old friends.  It has helped spread my blog. However, I don't need to spend nearly as much time on it as I have. I used to sew; I could make something quite lovely in the amount of time I spend on FB in any given month. Or, paint a picture, draw, design, read or tackle any of the numerous hobbies I used to enjoy.

Twitter has been useful in spreading and receiving news before it is even broadcast. Yet, is that what the average person uses it for?

I have felt for a long time that I'd better keep up on all things social media. Yet, lately I feel in order to do so I would have to quit my job and lock myself in the house to learn it all. I don't have time to discover the "infinite benefits" of Linkedin. I don't have the patience to learn Pinterest. I don't really care enough about learning Google Plus. And I most certainly don't have the brain power to absorb all the apps that my I Phone has to offer.

I say for a week everyone out there takes a hiatus from social media. Not if that's your job, but all forms of personal social networking. Stay off of Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google Plus, Instagram, Pinterest and all the other things that take time away from your life. Pick up your phone and call an old friend instead of texting or "Facebooking" them.

Find a hobby you liked or may like and spend some time doing it. Go out for a walk. Go to the gym. See a show. Go to a concert. Just do something as though these things did not exist. During those hours perhaps you may find something that is truly useful to you.

And who knows, maybe you'll "stumble upon" something that you really enjoy.

Agreed with the others here op. Find other activities you like. Exercise. Team sports. Or maybe just jogging once a day. Try getting friends to join you. Helps keep the motivation.



Don't know if it's that simple. And don't know of any studies that back that up. Modern communications have their problems. Maybe people end up with many shallow relationships. But potentially more relationships than previous generations had. Given the access to many more people.

Sounds like you are turning into an Internet addict OP, take measures now before it becomes too late.

Just burn the motherfucker down.



But on a serious note, this quote by someone VERY REAL.

What is real? How do you define 'real'? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then 'real' is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.

It seems to be unreasonable to suggest that, it depends up on the right usage. Some people have a tendency to spend their whole time in internet without other activities. It my cause emotionless on some people. we should spend our valuable time with internet as well as some other activities. It refreshes our mind.

Really good question.
I remember well also time before Internet.
We, children, played as lot games outside, and spend much more time together than children today.
It's not the same spend time with friends on Internet or in the real life.
Virtual communication and friendship is often without to deep emotions and sometimes can create emotionally empty people, who can not develop true feelings and communicate with others.
It's paradox that modern technologies don't bring us closer but we are moving away from each other. 

Find a hobby you liked or may like and spend some time doing it. Go out for a walk. Go to the gym. See a show. Go to a concert. Just do something as though these things did not exist. During those hours perhaps you may find something that is truly useful to you.
And who knows, maybe you'll "stumble upon" something that you really enjoy.

I haven't reached that level yet , I spend most of my time online but I take vacations too
every month or two I take a week off and go to the country side , during the vacation I never go online
I'm forced to do that cause the connection sucks there  but it works

Not really emotionless well watching online can bring emotion,betting at casino then you lose also brings emotion and working for hours trying to finished the job you got online also brings emotion.

Yes i feel emotionless surfing the net except i see a hot chick then start to fap 

No, the internet made my life significantly better. It is a very useful resource.  People change over time and grow apart, even lovers. Make new friends   

How many hours do you consider overuse? Many people have dayjobs where they spend 8+ hours on the internet..

I am private. The internet has been one hell of a teacher for me.

People that mask their emotions say as child soldiers, child abuse victims and ptsd issues tend to also go into this state. I know when I used to grind poker for 12+ hours, I would lose perspective of life. Balance is the key to solving this.

I felt the same. It depends on you. if you want to change your mind and not go online in a long time, then you pay more attention to your friends, you will be not emotionless.

Yeah.I feel pretty much the same. 

It`s not about the use of internet,it`s about your social anxiety...

Thank you everyone there are a lot of experts here too

You should go out for a nice hike or bike ride. They both only take a few hours tops each week but you'll feel awesome.

Im like a robot, no emotion at all just typing all day and reading, theres a time will come that i may lose my sight.

i guess you must be an internet addict because you have ruined your personal life because of your internet usage habits.. you have to consult an expert over this problem immediately .. it can be getting more serious day by day..

I like the internet because I feel people are more honest while under the veil of anonymity

In real life, a person might smile and shake your hand while thinking about stabbing you in the face...

On the internet, that same person will tell you to suck an egg, rather than be nice...

It's brutal, but honest... I dig it

If you will spend all your day in front of your computer, you may loose your socialism. This maybe possible because you are always busy sitting in there. There are actually sometime that you may feel bored for doing the same thing. You need too get out from there and interact with people around you. You need them in order for you to grow, its good for some time but not the whole day..

For me Internet is something like a real life almost. Talking to people makes me happy here almost as much as in real life. However, I feel like I need to spend time mostly talking face-to-face, being able to hug people and all that stuff. So I guess the use of the Internet doesn't make much difference or even makes my life brighter, because I can spend more time with the people I love

emotionless persons don't ask such questions on internet, It means Still some humans here.

Its happened with many people. but how much internet effect our life its depend on our lifestyle. watching movies or anything else not bad for anyone but too much is always bad. human are social lives and they need society.  So go outside chill yourself and enjoy life.

Not at all.. If anything the internet is where I do most of my social activity these days to be honest.

I tend to feel a wee bit out of the loop compared to my friends I see in real life, granted I don't go out and bugger about like them anymore.

No, because I dind't lose my real life. The problem is for the people who only have their virtual lifes on social networks and similar without proper contact with the real world. I find that very dangerous and unhealthy.

Maybe u need to take a break bro go vacation. Leave social media life and back to social reality it my helpfull to turn off to ur gadgets and have a good and healthy conversation around you. Take a deep breath. Go shopping, nature tripping or dovolunter works that not related in social media.

If you fins yourself slipping when it comes to relating to people and their emotions you should go volunteer your time coaching kids, helping a food bank or helping the homeless. Just talk to them and you will notice a difference in empathy.

I use the internet for facts that enrich my life and discovering and booking new experiences that enrich it even more. I don't dick around with any social media crap which is the main factor in internet misery I reckon.

Think if you started a lot of threads and ran multiple accounts life could be emotionless for you but who am I to judge.

Get out breathe in that fresh air and go for a walk if you are starting to feel like a drone or cog in the system.
Life is not meant to be lived behind a computer screen.

I don't think so, am often in contact with people, most often smarter than me. I learn a lot from them and they actually help me get around life a lot better than I otherwise could. The internet has expanded my horizon unlike any system before it and am grateful to come in touch with it.

Not waching movies etc. does not mean you're becoming emotionless it might be that thanks to the internet and with how much information is out there you've just started thinking they're shit and don't enjoy them as much. I for instance cannot stand watching television because of the amount of bullshit that is on there, not just general bad quality but blatant misinformation and manipulation going on so it's gotten to the point where I'll switch the television on and I'll it will take is one line from some stupid reporter or the person they're interviewing and I'll immediately want to switch it off.

At least here on the internet we can discuss these subjects openly and people on these television networks who talk such garbage about political and economic issues get criticised to the point that sometimes they even have to respond or more often than not flip out and try to attack other people over it. It's not just you, the internet I think has made more traditional media in general a lot less enjoyable, the upshot to that is I'm going around now finding much more interesting stuff to learn about or new people to listen to or watch who are actually capable of having decent discussions.
Wow dude you really innovated me You are right


We both have same approach then

That's what I was thinking.   OP you ought to get screened for depression.   But definitely if you're spending too much time on the internet, just cut back.  Do some real world fun things.

Yes its like a drug? But drug is in your body which you cant cleanse.

Stop watching porn can make your mind back to normal.

Im using internet everyday 7 days a week. Yes it makes mo emotionless but when someone disturb me from earning BTC im getting aggressive i dont know how, maybe because of stress.

Well if that's how you think of yourself then it is useless for other people to try and talk things to you because it's you that can see and realize how to talk to other people. And people who are advicing to you are just outside motivation.

That depends on how you use the internet. I use internet for surfing, interacting, online business, and offcourse btc. We all know need to rest if we are doing online. And you should not do one thing when going on internet and if you are getting tired of seeing people on the internet then stop internet.

Not waching movies etc. does not mean you're becoming emotionless it might be that thanks to the internet and with how much information is out there you've just started thinking they're shit and don't enjoy them as much. I for instance cannot stand watching television because of the amount of bullshit that is on there, not just general bad quality but blatant misinformation and manipulation going on so it's gotten to the point where I'll switch the television on and I'll it will take is one line from some stupid reporter or the person they're interviewing and I'll immediately want to switch it off.

At least here on the internet we can discuss these subjects openly and people on these television networks who talk such garbage about political and economic issues get criticised to the point that sometimes they even have to respond or more often than not flip out and try to attack other people over it. It's not just you, the internet I think has made more traditional media in general a lot less enjoyable, the upshot to that is I'm going around now finding much more interesting stuff to learn about or new people to listen to or watch who are actually capable of having decent discussions.

It's not just that you can't get aroused without porn - they say it's like a drug addict.  You can't enjoy anything in life unless you're using your drug.

So you have trained your brain to look forward to porn and fantasy, and you have trained your body to respond to that.  The rest of the time, you're bored and emotionless.

But they also say your brain can be reset to normal if you stop for 8 weeks.

erectile dysfunction from porn? Not sure if this is garaunteed. is it?

Yah you are right i should Too much internet is fatal


Not going that far to a psychiatrist but stopping internet is necessary i guess

are you depressed? maybe that is the real thing here, non sense because internet is not your emotions try to make your time much profitable and stop wasting your time on thinking of non sense mate, give yourself much more time to break and stop using your internet for a while.

I think it just happening to you, because for me I'm still have emotions. I still have friends and find time to enjoy life, If i were you go to a psychiatrist and ask for your condition you over use your brain and think a lot. better stop using internet if so.

So stop for awhile or you'll definitely lose connection to everything offline. And you'll gradually feel the erectile dysfunction if you watch porn movies for over a year.
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So there is a feel that I am being socially awkward with less cheerful activities and loss of interest in real life. I used to watch lot of movies, romantic and tragedies, but now i don't get any feels for them. Also, my real life friends are starting to fade away. Do you feel the same? Or is the overuse of Internet proving beneficial?