User:Chrnehme/sandbox/Internet Deficit Disorder (IDD)

Internet Deficit Disorder is a newly discovered condition that occurs in Lebanese people. Lebanon is a country known to suffer from very poor internet connections, which in turn leaves users extremely frustrated. The disorder was first discovered by specialists within the country.

Upon observing, they discovered that there is a link between factors that create problems with internet connectivity and the symptoms of each patient. Factors that cause disruption include rain, electricity shortages, and issues within the country’s infrastructure.

These factors create a Pavlov’s-dogs type of situation wherein residents revert to a state of panic, depression, hysteria, and a number of other behaviors.

Symptoms

Rain-phobia: An immediate panic someone with IDD would experience the second it begins to rain. This is of course due to the subconscious fear that the internet may cut off during a storm and the user would no longer be able to surf the web. Patients suffering from this particular symptom may find themselves subconsciously carrying an umbrella around at all times, even when the weather is sunny and cloud-free.

Habitual Button Pressing: A symptom where a person would keep pushing buttons repeatedly. This is done because, if the internet isn’t working properly, the common user typically refreshes the page over and over to view the content they love. Thus, this habit includes pushing elevators buttons, car locks, and other such items more than once.

Router Addiction: If a sufferer of IDD happens to have a neighbor with excellent connection, they become quite literally attached to the door of that neighbor in a constant bid to obtain their Wi-Fi and browse the internet unhindered. This has led to broken friendships and the involvement of a third party to rectify the situation.

Endless Scrolling: As we all know, scrolling is key when it comes to social media. Unfortunately, a person with IDD will mimic this habitual behavior in real life by holding an invisible smartphone in their hand and constantly moving their thumb in that repetitive motion. Strange to view and stranger to do, this symptom of IDD has been known to garner very curious looks.

Compulsions

Patients with IDD often find themselves checking the weather several times an hour, sticking to the neighbors’ doors, moving their thumb constantly against objects being held, and only using the index fingers of either hand.