Internet Causes Madness..."Intermittent Explosive Disorder"

Some people overreact to happenings in their lives. You on the other side might conclude that they are maybe going through some stress - some unhappy incident that occurred in their little life or they are just crazy!  

Unfortunately, it's a medical condition that has affected their very human brain; a medical condition caused by spending too much time on the internet.

We spend so much time tied down to the internet that we forget how to live! Instead, we are consumed by these chat systems, social websites, etc., creating new, but disturbing personalities; personalities that are unhealthy and make our friends and families uncomfortable around us, due to our weird behaviours.

Thanks to my good friend who is into mental health. I was able to get my hands on her little medical research, which I will share with my readers, of course with her blessing.

Below is a severe case of a internet related syndrome, called Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED).

In the real world, IED is an impulse control disorder that can make a person act like you killed their family just because you mess up their orders. Maybe they asked for extra onions, or no ketchup or something along those lines, they are prone to fits of uncontrollable rage.

In real life, it affect not more than 6% of the people, but on the internet, you can run into such people, in almost every blog, chat room or places that have options for comments, everyday.  It only takes a simple cross word to trigger them off! 

A perfect example of this syndrome is below. Someone emailed an American congress man's office and accidentally referred to his assistant Elizabeth as "Liz". Watch out if you have a friend of the same name; I have two. The mention of LIZ instead of Elizabeth prompted an explosion of emails in which Elizabeth demanded that she be called by her full name.

From: XXX 

Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:38 AM 

To: Becton, Elizabeth 

Subject: JPMC Meeting Request 

Elizabeth, Attached is a meeting request for JP Morgan Chase who will be in DC June 3rd-4th and would like to request a brief meeting with the Congressman.  Let me know if you need any additional information.  Thank you! 

Best, 

XXX

From: XXX 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:05 PM 

To: Becton, Elizabeth 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Hi Liz,  just checking in on whether the Congressman is available next week. [REDACTED] can confirm a meeting time for you - she is available at [REDACTED].  Thank you! 

Best, 

XXX

From: Becton, Elizabeth 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:07 PM 

To: XXX 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Importance: High Who is Liz? 

Elizabeth Becton 

Executive Assistant/Office Manager 

Office of Congressman Jim McDermott 

XXXX Longworth House Office Building 

Washington, DC 20515 

XXX phone 

XXX fax 

From: XXX 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:07 PM 

To: Becton, Elizabeth 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Hi Elizabeth, I thought you went by Liz - apologies if that is incorrect.

Best,

XXX

From: Becton, Elizabeth 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:08 PM 

To: XXX 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

I do not go by Liz. Where did you get your information? 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:10 PM 

To: Becton, Elizabeth 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Hi Elizabeth, I'm so sorry if I offended you! I thought you had gone by Liz at Potlatch, this was my mistake.

Best,

XXX 

From: Becton, Elizabeth 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:11 PM 

To: XXX 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

NEVER. I hate that name. 

From: XXX 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:13 PM 

To: Becton, Elizabeth 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Hi Elizabeth, I'm so sorry if I offended you! I must have mis-heard. My mistake!

Best, XXX

From: Becton, Elizabeth 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:20 PM 

To: XXX 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Importance: High XXX:  If I wanted you to call me by any other name, I would have offered that to you. I think it's rude when people don't even ask permission and take all sorts of liberties with your name. This is a real sore spot with me. My name has a lot of "nicknames" which I don't use. I use either my first name or my last name because I row with a lot of other women who share the same first name. Now, please do not ever call me by a nickname again.  As for your meeting request, who is the point of contact for this meeting? If it's not you, then I need to know who because it's very time-consuming to deal with a lot of people for one meeting.  Thanks.

From: XXX 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:23 PM 

To: Becton, Elizabeth 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Hi Elizabeth, I'm so sorry I offended you! My mistake!  XXX can confirm a meeting time for you - she is available at XXX XXXX.  Thank you!  Best, XXX 

[UNRELATED EMAILS REDACTED] 

From: XXX 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:33 PM 

To: Becton, Elizabeth 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request  Of course! Again, I am sincerely sorry for offending you. I must have mis-heard and it was in no way my intention to make you upset. I always enjoy working with you and seeing you at the WSS events J 

Best, 

XXX

From: Becton, Elizabeth 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:37 PM 

To: XXX 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Sounds like you got played by someone who KNOWS I hate that name and that it's a fast way to TICK me off. Who told you that I go by that name? They are not your friend... 

From: XXX 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:38 PM 

To: Becton, Elizabeth 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Hi Elizabeth, Again, I am sincerely sorry for offending you. I don't want to cause trouble as I clearly must have mis-heard the person at Potlatch. It was in no way my intention to make you upset. 

Best, 

XXX 

From: Becton, Elizabeth 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:41 PM 

To: XXX 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Importance: High I REALLY want to know who told you to call me that.

From: XXX 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:44 PM 

To: Becton, Elizabeth 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Hi Elizabeth, 

Again, I am sincerely sorry for offending you. I don't recall who I overheard. It was in no way my intention to make you upset. 

Best, 

XXX 

From: Becton, Elizabeth 

Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:04 PM 

To: XXX 

Subject: RE: JPMC Meeting Request 

Let me put it this way, they don't know me and perhaps they were PRETENDING to know me better than they do and pretended that I go by Liz. They did YOU a disservice.  In the future, you should be VERY careful about such things. People like to brag about their connections in DC. It's a past time for some. It's also dangerous to eaves drop, as you have just found out.  Quit apologizing and never call me anything but Elizabeth again. Also, make sure you correct anyone who attempts to call me by any other name but Elizabeth. Are we clear on this? Like I said, it's a hot button for me. 

And please don't call the office and not leave a message. My colleague told me you called while I was away at the Ladies' room. I do sometimes leave my desk.

#END 

Does this sound like a similar occurrence in your life? I hope this never happen to me.

First, there's the obvious: Most of us suppress our real-life spurts of rage for fear of getting punched in the face by the person we're screaming at. Second, on the Internet, where your looks, job, income and fancy clothes won't buy you any respect, some people seem to think they have to protect their reputation.

But then there's the third, and least obvious reason, which is that without tone of voice and body language, it's hard to convey mere annoyance or mild anger, without the fear that the person you're conveying it to just plain won't notice. So they think they have to crank it up to a 10 every time they're crossed, even if they don't mean it.

That's probably the weirdest part that these people who are SCREAMING INSULTS IN ALL CAPS are often at the same time sitting in a cubicle somewhere, sipping coffee and conversing pleasantly with the person next to them.

MORE DISORDERS COMING UP!

By Marvel John (Marvelycious)