If your answer is "yes" to these questions, you are having an Internet affair.

1. In the past week, have you spent more than three hours talking to an online friend?

2. Do you look forward to your next communication?

3. Do you feel that your online friend understands you more than your partner?

4. Do you exit the screen if someone walks into the room while you are chatting?

5. Do you tell your online friend more about your thoughts, feelings, achievements and disappointments than your own partner?

6. Do you think about sending your online friend photos, talking on the phone or meeting for coffee?

WHERE TO SEEK HELP

Touch Cyberwellness Centre: 6273-5568

Institute of Mental Health: 6732-6837 (6-R-E-C-O-V-E-R) or visit www.imh.com.sg and go to "community addictions management programme".

Online: Centre for Internet Addiction Recovery in the United States at www.netaddiction.com