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Do you suffer from 'Nomophobia'?

May 06 03:40pm

Do you suffer from the latest modern day stress-inducer - 'Nomophobia'?

"What's that?", you may ask?

Nomophobia is the 'fear of being out of mobile phone contact'. According to recent studies, most frequent mobile phone users have become addicted to their phones - so much so that they get very stressed out, panicked or fearful if they have no phone credit, lost signal, lose their phones, or have their phones stolen.

Seems that it's a symptom of the increasingly switched on 24/7 techno-world we're living in.

How about you? Do you think you're 'nomophobic'? We wanna know! Just answer a couple of questions about your mobile phone use below, and/or leave a comment!

43 Comments Report Abuse

1. daiisy.smiiles - May 06 06:34pm

I think the main reason ppl worry about not having a phone is that if they injure themselves or something happens where they need to contact someone for help, they'll need to find the closest pay phone.

2. daiisy.smiiles - May 06 06:34pm

3. gabriellebatey - May 08 04:53pm

i left my phone some where 4 a week had no idea i panicked!!!
srsly i couldnt last but after a while i was like i dont need it

4. edendempsey12 - May 08 06:18pm

My friend is one.
She almost started crying after not having credit.
I myself, don't need my phone that often. I just use it in an emergency, really.

5. hot.rach - May 08 06:24pm

See tht picture of the girl with the phone up the top, that phone is the same as mine!!!!!!!!!!!

6. kat_hine - May 09 12:35pm

well i can go a week with out my fone but my bros dont think so they think that im obsessed with texting but i only txt to talk to my cuzions and frinds i hardly c if u no wat i mean

7. camelliamuraahi - May 09 07:40pm

my cousins are so addicted 2 their phones lol

8. camelliamuraahi - May 09 07:40pm

9. camelliamuraahi - May 09 07:41pm

my cuzzys are lol

10. ipodloversam - May 10 07:47pm

When I first got my phone I was really obsessed. I spent more than half my time just playing games or taking pictures with it. Its scary that I did that instead of going out or talking to people around me! Technology is definitely becoming a barrier to normal life!

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