SYNOPSIS
Relentless connection to social networks, blogs, forums, email, chatrooms, virtual environments and videoconferencing has resulted for many people in what Rosen (2012) has termed an iDisorder. Drawing on the term iDisorder and examining the psychological underpinnings of Disinhibition (Suler, 2004), this article examines disordered facets of the self when in online communication, such as dissociative anonymity (You Don't Know Me); invisibility (You Can't See Me); asynchronicity (See You Later); solipsistic introjection or egoistic self-absorption (it's All in My Head); dissociative imagination (it's Just a Game); and minimising authority (We're Equals).
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Kate Anthony
Dr Kate Anthony, FBACP, DCC, CPC and DeeAnna Nagel, LPC, DCC, BCC are leading experts in the use of technology in therapy and coaching. They are co-CEOs of the Online Therapy Institute and co-managing editors of TILT Magazine (Therapeutic Innovations in Light of Technology). Kate is Fellow of the BACP and was awarded her doctorate for her Public Works in the field of Online Therapy in 2010. DeeAnna's private practice is dedicated to serving clients who are struggling with gaming, internet and cybersex addictions.
DeeAnna Nagel
Dr Kate Anthony, FBACP, DCC, CPC and DeeAnna Nagel, LPC, DCC, BCC are leading experts in the use of technology in therapy and coaching. They are co-CEOs of the Online Therapy Institute and co-managing editors of TILT Magazine (Therapeutic Innovations in Light of Technology). Kate is Fellow of the BACP and was awarded her doctorate for her Public Works in the field of Online Therapy in 2010. DeeAnna's private practice is dedicated to serving clients who are struggling with gaming, internet and cybersex addictions.