What is the official threshold of PF addiction?

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The discussion revolves around recognizing when to seek professional help for PF (Physics Forums) addiction. Participants share their experiences of frequent forum checking, with one mentioning being subscribed to over 2,300 threads and refreshing their inbox for new posts multiple times within minutes. The conversation humorously touches on the compulsive nature of their habits, with references to feeling withdrawal symptoms after short breaks from the forum. There’s a light-hearted debate about what constitutes a healthy level of engagement with PF, with some joking that excessive posting and checking could indicate an addiction. Ultimately, the thread highlights the blurred lines between casual use and addiction, emphasizing the need for self-awareness regarding online habits and their impact on personal life and relationships.

How much PF is too much PF for your health, job and relationships?

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At what point should one consider getting professional help for PF addiction?
 
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the level?---I think that's when you become a mentor
 
rewebster said:
the level?---I think that's when you become a mentor
Holy Jeez. Mr Impatient. You couldn't even wait for the poll? Well, that explains why I've become unfulifilled with our lovemaking.
 
But, I can always stop :smile:

I am moving to facebook shortly (school time -> facebook and summer time -> pf)
 
lovemaking?--what are you talking about?---


--there's football on right now

(bears and chiefs)
 
I go on when I get into work, I go on before lunch, I go on after lunch, I go on before leaviong for the day, I go on when I get home, I go one before I go to bed.

Often I go on right after having been on, in the event that someone has posted something interesting since the last time I checked my subscribed list.

I am currently subscribed to 2,304 threads.

Hm. this took serveral minutes to write. I wonder if anyone's writyten anything new since I last looked...
 
rewebster said:
lovemaking?--what are you talking about?---


--there's football on right now

(bears and chiefs)
Always with you and the football. Do I have to pencil some 'us' time into the TV guide??
 
DaveC426913 said:
I go on when I get into work, I go on before lunch, I go on after lunch, I go on before leaviong for the day, I go on when I get home, I go one before I go to bed.

Often I go on right after having been on, in the event that someone has posted something interesting since the last time I checked my subscribed list.

I am currently subscribed to 2,304 threads.

Hm. this took serveral minutes to write. I wonder if anyone's writyten anything new since I last looked...
You go on and on and on, apparently.
 
DaveC426913 said:
I go on when I get into work, I go on before lunch, I go on after lunch, I go on before leaviong for the day, I go on when I get home, I go one before I go to bed.

Wasn't there a Dr. Seuss story about this?

"I go on when in a box,
I go on when with a fox.
I go on when in a house,
I go on when with a mouse."

:biggrin:
 
  • #10
Seriously though.. I can quit anytime I want to. I don't have a problem. Seriously I don't...

(I better go to main page and refresh in case there were any new posts in the last 30 seconds.)
 
  • #11
I voted "other." There's NEVER too much PF. :biggrin:
 
  • #12
Tonight I'm clicking "check mail" in my Inbox every few minutes, looking for new postings in my subscribed forums. Is this normal? :confused:
 
  • #13
I am working on a new project and boss does not have enough time to give me proper specifications/visios.

Whenever it happens (or I need to solve an ambiguous problem), my addition to internet increases :shy: Some sort of depression?
 
  • #14
How much PF is too much PF for your health, job and relationships?
This is a trick question, right?
 
  • #15
Redbelly98 said:
Tonight I'm clicking "check mail" in my Inbox every few minutes, looking for new postings in my subscribed forums. Is this normal? :confused:

No, not normal at all. You should be on the forums clicking "refresh." :biggrin:
 
  • #16
I wasnt on PF for nearly two hours. I am starting to get the shakes... :frown:

...I need to get a life. Seriously.
 
  • #17
Cyrus said:
I wasnt on PF for nearly two hours. I am starting to get the shakes... :frown:

...I need to get a life. Seriously.

I was on PF for whole day today with five minute-ten minute intervals and I started to get the shakes ... :(

I guess I also need a life
 
  • #18
Pardon me, what in the world is "PF"?
 
  • #19
Jordan Joab said:
Pardon me, what in the world is "PF"?

its not a designer drug
 
  • #20
rewebster said:
its not a designer drug

That helped. Thanks!
 
  • #21
its something that you'd probably enjoy though
 
  • #22
rewebster said:
its something that you'd probably enjoy though

Sounds boring.
 
  • #23
Jordan Joab said:
Sounds boring.

noooo, I don't think you'd see doing it as 'boring'

I bet a nickel you've done it already
 
  • #24
rewebster said:
noooo, I don't think you'd see doing it as 'boring'

I bet a nickel you've done it already

Hmmmm... "PF"? That thing male Bonobo monkeys do? Don't think so, mister.
 
  • #25
Jordan Joab said:
Hmmmm... "PF"? That thing male Bonobo monkeys do? Don't think so, mister.

well, you do it alone too, I bet---I mean by yourself to yourself
 
  • #26
rewebster said:
well, you do it alone too, I bet---I mean by yourself to yourself

Only after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November.
 
  • #27
I wouldn't doubt that you're doing it right now
 
  • #28
rewebster said:
I wouldn't doubt that you're doing it right now

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... I give up.

seriously, wtf is a PF?
 
  • #29
I've give you a hint--


sicks or ums
 
  • #30
Both?
 
  • #31
OK--another MAJOR hint:

P sicks F or ums
 
  • #32
Topsy Kretts

Got it.

Wait Wait Wait Wait Wait Wait Wait Wait Wait how does one get addicted to this?!
 
  • #33
read that last hint really fast
 
  • #34
rewebster said:
read that last hint really fast

Yeah, I got it, Physics Forums. How does one get addicted to it?:confused:
 
  • #35
how long have you been doing 'it' today?


(check the appropriate box in the poll)
 
  • #36
rewebster said:
how long have you been doing 'it' today?

Hmmmm probably about 30mins now.
 
  • #37
How much PF is too much PF for your health, job and relationships?

Well, we'll need to do an experiment. :biggrin:
 
  • #38
I'd say whatever level Evo is at is the point that it becomes bad for your health.
 
  • #39
I was inactive for about a half a year and recently came back. I didn't even log in during that time. Prior to that, I was refreshing PF like 5+ times an hour for a 12 hr period (whilst in work and even during lunch). Does this count as an addiction?

Now we've got lots of members here that exceed 5000 posts. You guys need to get a life :-p And the ones that are approaching or have exceeded 10000 posts...geez
 
  • #40
Kurdt said:
I'd say whatever level Evo is at is the point that it becomes bad for your health.

:smile: No, no, no, it's bad for her health to be AWAY from PF. She doesn't break herself while she's sitting at the computer, she only breaks herself when she goes out to get fresh air. :biggrin:
 
  • #41
Moonbear said:
:smile: No, no, no, it's bad for her health to be AWAY from PF. She doesn't break herself while she's sitting at the computer, she only breaks herself when she goes out to get fresh air. :biggrin:

Oh yeah! Thats the right way round. Silly me. :blushing:
 
  • #42
Hey, that means I'm not really addicted to caffeine. When I go without it I get a headache ... it's not drinking coffee that's bad for me!
 

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