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groovychkText-Messaging Addict Receives Treatment
October 16, 2005 12:00 a.m. EST
Joanna Wypior - All Headline News Staff Reporter
Edinburgh, Scotland (AHN) - A teenager from Paisey, Scotland, who has not been identified, has recently been treated for a text-messaging addiction. The 19-year-old spent approximately £4,500 on text messages.
He had sent about 700 text messages a week plus 8,000 e-mails a month, for which he was later fired from his job for. According to the text addict, the majority of the messages sent were to his girlfriend, who he later broke up with.
The text-messenger says: "When you look at your mobile and you've got a message you wonder who it could be.
"It's kind of comforting when you get one. I like it, it's like a game of ping-pong, as you send one and get one back.
"There are quite a lot of people I know who text a lot and they don't really know that help is available, or they might not see it as a problem."
The text-messenger claims that there was something comforting about receiving text messages on his mobile phone and there was always an element of curiosity when he received a message.
According to Professor Patrick O'Donnell, a psychologist from Glasgow University, he says new technology could bring new dangers which could signal the beginning of a worrying trend.
October 16, 2005 12:00 a.m. EST
Joanna Wypior - All Headline News Staff Reporter
Edinburgh, Scotland (AHN) - A teenager from Paisey, Scotland, who has not been identified, has recently been treated for a text-messaging addiction. The 19-year-old spent approximately £4,500 on text messages.
He had sent about 700 text messages a week plus 8,000 e-mails a month, for which he was later fired from his job for. According to the text addict, the majority of the messages sent were to his girlfriend, who he later broke up with.
The text-messenger says: "When you look at your mobile and you've got a message you wonder who it could be.
"It's kind of comforting when you get one. I like it, it's like a game of ping-pong, as you send one and get one back.
"There are quite a lot of people I know who text a lot and they don't really know that help is available, or they might not see it as a problem."
The text-messenger claims that there was something comforting about receiving text messages on his mobile phone and there was always an element of curiosity when he received a message.
According to Professor Patrick O'Donnell, a psychologist from Glasgow University, he says new technology could bring new dangers which could signal the beginning of a worrying trend.
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