There is a new disorder in town and it affects everyone, young, old, man or woman as long as you have a smartphone.
Nomophobia
is the name of the anxiety you get when you are not with your mobile
phone. You know that feeling of being uneasy and nervous when you
probably forgot your phone or it isn't just in your immediate
surrounding.
Nomophobia, which is short
for no-mobile phobia, has been categorized as a condition that affects
everyone. When researchers in Hong Kong asked people how they felt
without their phone, they used words like 'hurt' and 'alone' to describe
their mood.
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"The findings of our study suggest that users perceive smart phones as their extended selves and get attached to the devices," says Dr Kim Ki Joon, one of the researchers who conducted the study.
In
a different research by Americans, it was discovered that nomophobia
can lead to increase in heart rate and blood pressure. According to top
researchers, it is just more than not being without your phone but the
separation of what is inside your phone that matters.
We are all addicts (anotherindian/AFP/Getty Images )
Now
in order to stop having mini-panic attacks every time you are not with
your phone, it is suggested that you try and switch your phone off or
leave it at home once in a while. This will help you reduce the
addiction you have with your mobile phone.
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