My name is Eddie, and I'm a Blogaholic

Therapist: So how long have you been blogging?

Eddie: For about 4 years now

Therapist: And how does blogging make you feel?

Eddie: Elated, energized, excited. I don't know, the feeling is hard to describe.

Therapist: I read here in your profile that you are addicted to comments... Tell me more about this "commenting and comments" - do you comment on other bloggers sites or do you just read comments on your own site?

Eddie: I think that is where the addiction began, I crave feedback, and through blogging I receive instant gratification. The validation, the humor, the love, if I don't have it, it is like there is a piece of me missing - you see, blogging... well, blogging completes me.

Therapist: So, if you love blogging, and you love to comment, why do you think it is becoming a problem?

Eddie: I can't stop thinking about it. When I am eating, I think "I should blog about this." When I am sitting on the toilet, I want to blog about it, when I am reading a magazine, I want to blog about it, I can't have a single friggin thought in my head without wondering whether or not I should blog about it.

I can't seem to separate reality from my blog, and I can't stop reading other bloggers' blogs. I read them on my computer, on my Treo 650, and on my BlackBerry. Sometimes I wake in the middle of the night, and I can see the glow of the computer monitor and I am drawn to it like like a shark to blood. I can feel my fingers flying furiously over the keys. My brain kicks into gear and I shift into overdrive, words appear on the page, a story comes together, and when I am done with one post, I can't wait to post another.

Therapist: I see... and how does that make you feel?

Eddie: How does it make me feel? How do you think it makes me feel? It makes me feel crazy.

Therapist: Okay, we'll come back to that in a minute. What is the name of your blog?

Eddie: Posted Note

Therapist: You are the Eddo of Posted Note?

Eddie: Yes.

Therapist: I have read your site, and I can conclude, you are crazy. I have no alternative but to lock you up with a computer and a high speed internet connection. You will blog constantly all day long, you will comment, you will read blogs, your entire life will beconsumed by blogging. You will be a ward of the state, and the only thing you will be allowed to do is blog.

Eddie: What? I, I, I don't get it - How does that help me?

Therapist: Eddie, Posted Note speaks to people, it speaks to me, and it is not always about you, so shut up and get back to blogging. Here, use my laptop.

Blog or Die people, Blog or Die.