Addiction to cyberspace:

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" Addiction to cyberspace: "
Robert Tyminski

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069040
Doc. No	:	LA112669
Call No	:	‭10.1080/19409052.2017.1390483‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Robert Tyminski
Title & Author	:	Addiction to cyberspace: [Article] : virtual reality gives analysts pause for the modern psyche\ Robert Tyminski
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Jungian Studies
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	10/2
Page No	:	91–102
Abstract	:	Analysts have been concerned for decades about the unforeseen psychological impacts of technology. The rapid developments during the past 15 years have brought issues related to cyberspace front and center in analysis and psychotherapy. A specific question arises: what is happening to our capacity for relating openly? We now regularly see “screen time” being used 1) defensively to retreat and escape, 2) compulsively to gratify urges and impulses, and 3) addictively to quench emotional cravings. Problems with limits and recognition of separation confound the positive aspects of cyberspace. Vulnerable egos may not even realize when escapism turns into addiction. Soul can become lost in these activities, when relationships are instead transactional and technology is regarded as numinous. A case example from the author’s practice and another from the media highlight the great risks for soul in this realm of cyberspace. Analysts have been concerned for decades about the unforeseen psychological impacts of technology. The rapid developments during the past 15 years have brought issues related to cyberspace front and center in analysis and psychotherapy. A specific question arises: what is happening to our capacity for relating openly? We now regularly see “screen time” being used 1) defensively to retreat and escape, 2) compulsively to gratify urges and impulses, and 3) addictively to quench emotional cravings. Problems with limits and recognition of separation confound the positive aspects of cyberspace. Vulnerable egos may not even realize when escapism turns into addiction. Soul can become lost in these activities, when relationships are instead transactional and technology is regarded as numinous. A case example from the author’s practice and another from the media highlight the great risks for soul in this realm of cyberspace.
Descriptor	:	container
Descriptor	:	Cyberspace
Descriptor	:	Dionysus
Descriptor	:	soul
Descriptor	:	video gaming
Descriptor	:	William Gibson
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1080/19409052.2017.1390483‬