Internet addicts spend a lot of time surfing the internet because they rely too much on the internet. Teenagers are at a critical stage of physical development, addicted to the online world, surfing the Internet continuously for a long time, and their metabolism and normal biological clock are seriously damaged, making them very weak. Another study shows that teenagers' long-term addiction to the Internet will not only affect their brain development, but also lead to nervous system disorder, hormone imbalance, decreased immune function, tension headache and even death. At the same time, the bad internet environment will also damage the health of teenagers. Most internet cafes have bad environment, turbid air and noisy sound. Teenagers who surf the Internet in such an environment are also vulnerable to diseases. Internet addiction is also a severe challenge to the sound psychological development of teenagers. Long-term surfing the Internet will lead to psychological diseases such as "onlineness" and "depression" among teenagers, paying too much attention to man-machine dialogue, lacking corresponding emotional response to external stimuli, being indifferent to relatives and friends, losing interest in things around them, being indifferent to everything in serious cases, and treating communication with others as a dispensable thing, becoming more and more withdrawn, resulting in personality defects of teenagers; Once internet addicts stop surfing the internet, they will have a strong desire to surf the internet, and it is difficult to control their need or impulse to surf the internet. This impulse makes them lose their concentration and persistence in other activities, work and study, resulting in psychological dislocation and movement obstacles of teenagers. "Online dating" and online chatting will lead to emotional entanglements of teenagers, leading to various emotional problems and psychological trauma of teenagers; Internet addicts are too addicted to the virtual role in the network, and easily lose themselves, bringing the rules on the network into real life, which creates obstacles for teenagers to know themselves.
Second, it leads to the decline of teenagers' academic performance.
Teenagers' addiction to the internet has brought many educational problems. Teenagers who are addicted to the internet are squeezed out of the time that originally belonged to reading and thinking by the internet, and the direct consequence is the decline of academic performance. At the same time, foreign research also shows that children who surf the Internet for a long time and indulge in online games will have a great impact on their intelligence, and even lead to IQ falling below the standard level of normal children, thus indirectly affecting their academic performance. In order to make money, there are also some online businesses that set up some websites to help write papers and homework to make a profit. Some teenagers who lack self-discipline buy homework from the internet to perfuse their teachers, and their serious attitude towards learning is greatly reduced, and their academic performance can be imagined. Internet addicts are addicted to the virtual world of the network and lose interest in real life, especially boring study. They will be tired of learning, play truant, drop out of school, and their academic performance will plummet. According to the survey of Shanghai 13 universities conducted by Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 8 1 students who dropped out of Shanghai University in 2004 were all addicted to online games, which led to a sharp decline in their studies. In 2000, among 237 students who dropped out of East China University of Science and Technology to repeat their studies, more than 80% were addicted to computer games. Among the 205 students who dropped out and transferred from Shanghai Jiaotong University, at least13 had to drop out or transfer because of uncontrolled use of computers, which led to a decline in their grades. Internet addiction has a great influence on college students' study and has become the main reason for them to drop out of school.
Third, weaken teenagers' moral consciousness.
The way to induce juvenile delinquency is in the online world. People's gender, age, appearance and identity can be completely hidden with the help of network virtual technology, and people have no responsibility or obligation to communicate. People don't have to deal directly face to face, thus getting rid of many moral constraints in acquaintance society. In the online world, teenagers lack interpersonal relationships centered on teachers and parents to monitor their behavior. They are free and willful online, lack moral self-discipline, and are easy to indulge in online games and unhealthy websites. The evil side of human nature may also be fully vented because there is no moral constraint, which weakens the moral consciousness and social responsibility of teenagers and may lead them to the road of crime. At the same time, the network information is mixed, including some pornographic and violent information. Young people who are not deeply involved in the world are easily induced and may eventually go astray. In recent years, violent crimes and sexual crimes committed by minors have increased significantly, which is closely related to the vigorous promotion of violence and pornography in online games. There are even some young people who commit crimes in order to pay internet fees. Since 2003, a district procuratorate in Shanghai has handled 8 cases of juvenile crimes caused by the Internet, accounting for1person, up 100% year-on-year. While other types of juvenile delinquency have steadily declined, juvenile delinquency caused by the Internet has risen sharply.
Fourth, it affects the normal development of teenagers' interpersonal skills.
First of all, most Internet addicts are withdrawn and indifferent, and easily estranged from real life, leading to more self-isolation, and then constantly moving towards a lonely world of individuals, thus refusing to associate with others. At the same time, Internet addicts are addicted to the online world in virtual perfect and a virtual sense of satisfaction. They get the satisfaction of personal accomplishment from online games and personal belonging from online dating. They can fully display their personality in the online world. In the virtual online world, they already have everything. In the real world, everything is not so perfect, friends often cheat and lovers betray at any time. Therefore, they think that interpersonal communication in real life is dispensable, so they are unwilling to associate with others, refuse to associate with others, and refuse to integrate into society. This is a big problem brought by the Internet to teenagers with Internet addiction. Secondly, indulging in the online world has also led to a decrease in the frequency of communication between teenagers and others. They are obsessed with the man-machine dialogue mode, writing in front of the computer screen like water, gushing, losing the keyboard and mouse will make them silent, and in real life, their language expression ability will be hindered. Only when they are in front of the computer can they express their ideas by pressing their hands on the keyboard, which makes it more difficult for them to communicate with others better. What's more, they will get a social phobia. The survey shows that 56.3% of Internet addicts have poor interpersonal relationships. In contrast, 46% non-addicts can get along well with classmates and relatives.
Five, affect the formation of young people's correct outlook on life and values.
In the network society, everything is in an open state, and information reflecting different ideologies and values is popular in the network. The network content is rich and complex, and the good and the bad are mixed. Although network culture has diversified values, it is still dominated by western culture. Western countries use the Internet to publicize their political systems and cultural ideas. At the same time, some lawless elements at home and abroad, or people or groups hostile to socialist China, used the Internet to spread anti-socialist, anti-people and anti-government propaganda in large quantities, and even deliberately distorted the facts to confuse people. There are all kinds of colorful information on the internet, among which yellow information and violent information are mixed together. There are also some people who artificially create viruses on the Internet to promote negative, decadent and even illegal ideas. Young Internet addicts with weak discernment and judgment are the first victims of internet addiction. The negative thoughts that teenagers come into contact with on the Internet will tilt their values, thus subtly affecting the formation of their correct outlook on life and values.
Sixth, the sense of self-loss has intensified.
In the magical world of the Internet, people are full of curiosity and often feel at a loss. If you accidentally break into the game, you can't extricate yourself. Moreover, in the online world, they can't determine their role, let alone their position. So in the network, their performance can be completely different from that in real life. In real life, an introverted person who is not good at words may be humorous on the internet, which fully shows people's dual personality. But if you live online for too long, you will gradually lose your real role in real life.
Seven, the self-restraint ability is getting worse.
Because they don't meet each other in the network, the network fully exposes and vents people's repressed needs and desires. However, the consequence of this unnecessary venting is the decline of self-binding, and I am addicted to it.
Eight, loneliness intensified
Because the direct communication between people is cut off by the network, people with OCD will feel more lonely and helpless, thus aggravating loneliness.