高级听力 Unit 14 Part 4

本文介绍了针对那些无法克制自己上网的学生，开设的互助小组。

A Support Group for Internet-addicted World

For quite a few years we have been talking about addiction to the Internet. Now we are putting together a support group for those students who find themselves addicted to the Internet. By speaking of the group, I mean, what we offer as some of the treatments are group therapy sessions for these kids.

The group itself becomes a therapeutic tool, because people are getting out of their rooms where they stay with the computer for many hours, getting out of the isolation they may find themselves in, and are dealing with other people face-to-face. They are talking about the issues that are going on with them. They are getting support from other people. They realize that it is not just them, that there are other people who are engaged in the same behavior and facing the same problems, and also they can help each other strategize about what's the best way for them to break the pattern, to figure out other things to do. And also we examine people’s life situations, it’s important to figure out what’s going on in the person’s life that’s contributing to these particular behaviors. Why is the person spending so much time on the Net? Are they avoiding something? You know, what type of pain is going on in their life, that they are looking to find some fulfillment in this way?

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