Just as a drug addict may face withdrawal symptoms people who use the internet a lot may experience significant physiological changes such as increased heart rate and blood pressure when they go offline scientists have found. We have known for some time that people who are over-dependent on digital devices report feelings of anxiety when they are stopped from using them but now we can see that these psychological effects are accompanied by actual physiological changes said study lead Phil Reed Professor at Swansea University in Britain. The study involved 144 participants aged 18 to 33 years having their heart
