addiction to the internet

[Su-Yin]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technolog...129897883.html

"The real world meant nothing to me when I was fully involved with online games," Ms Liu told the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong newspaper. "I lost track of time, space, hunger, pain, everything."

The clinic, run by Dr Tao Ran at the Beijing Military Hospital, has 14 young patients at any one time. They are mostly forced to go by parents who are worried about their day-and-night sessions on interactive web games. The course costs 400 yuan ($64) a day.

so many stories of addiction to online games and the internet from asian countries...young ppl dropping dead?? wth??

South Korea, the world's most wired nation, has already reported young people dropping dead from lack of sleep during game sessions.