Nomophobia

[Quintessence]

Researchers Examine No-Mobile-Phone Phobia
From the article:

"I would feel uncomfortable without constant access to information through my smartphone.

I would be annoyed if I couldn’t look up information on my smartphone when I wanted.

If I didn’t have a data signal or couldn’t connect to Wi-Fi, I would constantly check for a signal.

If I didn’t have my smartphone with me, I would feel anxious.

If you agree or strongly agree with these statements, you could have some degree of a newly identified 21st-century disorder called nomophobia, an abbreviation for “no-mobile-phone phobia."​

There's obviously more research that needs to be done here, and more that is planned, but it's one of those things that makes you stop and think. I confess I'm always perplexed at the attachment people have to these devices, and dismayed at some of the things I've anecdotally noticed amongst users. It's good that this is being put to study, though I doubt if people are going to cut their addictions. With additions this pervasive, it seems it may only be a matter of time before people are stuffing chips in their heads.

Thoughts? Are you a nomophobe?

 

[dust1n]

I'm the opposite. I have no interest in possessing a smart phone and would imagine that constant immediate access would be pointless.

 

[Bunyip]

I hate my smartphone. I want my dumb phone back.
It does a zillion different things, but sucks as a phone.

 

[notsoplainJane]

I really resisted getting a smart phone until about a year ago. My brother made a comment to me last week that it was weird to see me with a phone in my hand. I didn't think I was a nomophobe, but as time goes on and I use it more; I find myself wanting it lore and more.

It's a weird sensation. I was the person that would leave the house and forget her plain ole dumb phone and frustrate everyone because they couldn't get a hold of me. Right now I'm sitting in my house using my iPhone.

 

[Rival]

I use a normal phone. If I want the internet I use my laptop. Phones, imo, aren't for internet; they're for phoning and texting. We don't need constant access to internet, it's damaging us and our socialising abilities. Teenagers and even young adults stand around in groups with their phones out, not even talking to each other. It's so sad. If I forget my phone then I forget my phone; the only thing I worry about if that happens is not being able to check the time if I have to be somewhere.

 

[Nada]

I do not own a mobile phone.I gave it up because I did not want to be part of the plague.It is like being the only sober person in a room full of drunks.I hate to see people texting and driving.I actually see people tripping over parking blocks because they are too busy looking at their screens instead of where they are going.Now when you have a conversation with someone,9 times out of 10, they are texting, and not even looking at you.A bunch of zombies with hurt necks and worn down finger tips.Lol.. People ask me where my phone is at and I tell them I do not own one.They totally freak out and act as if I am some sort of outcast, or like I am weird.They often ask in surprise,how do you keep in touch with people? I just laugh.Dont'teven get me started on facebook.Lol..

 

[Augustus]

Every day, I spend the best part of an hour and a half in the back of a taxi and consequently love my smartphone.

Not only can I read interesting stuff, I can order my taxi on an app, see how long it will take to arrive, contact the driver directly if there is a problem, check traffic in advance to choose the best route, etc.

I have worked on developing a reputation for not answering my phone or responding to messages though. This means, despite 'always' being contactable, I'm only contactable when I want to be.

Win-win

 

[MARCELLO]

Researchers Examine No-Mobile-Phone Phobia
From the article:

"I would feel uncomfortable without constant access to information through my smartphone.

I would be annoyed if I couldn’t look up information on my smartphone when I wanted.

If I didn’t have a data signal or couldn’t connect to Wi-Fi, I would constantly check for a signal.

If I didn’t have my smartphone with me, I would feel anxious.

If you agree or strongly agree with these statements, you could have some degree of a newly identified 21st-century disorder called nomophobia, an abbreviation for “no-mobile-phone phobia."​

There's obviously more research that needs to be done here, and more that is planned, but it's one of those things that makes you stop and think. I confess I'm always perplexed at the attachment people have to these devices, and dismayed at some of the things I've anecdotally noticed amongst users. It's good that this is being put to study, though I doubt if people are going to cut their addictions. With additions this pervasive, it seems it may only be a matter of time before people are stuffing chips in their heads.

Thoughts? Are you a nomophobe?

Because it may ring any time and I would like to know why.

 

[Deathbydefault]

I'm sure most people use "nomophobia" as an exaggeration.
Many people are simply anxious without their devices.

 

[suncowiam]

Researchers Examine No-Mobile-Phone Phobia
From the article:

"I would feel uncomfortable without constant access to information through my smartphone.

I would be annoyed if I couldn’t look up information on my smartphone when I wanted.

If I didn’t have a data signal or couldn’t connect to Wi-Fi, I would constantly check for a signal.

If I didn’t have my smartphone with me, I would feel anxious.

If you agree or strongly agree with these statements, you could have some degree of a newly identified 21st-century disorder called nomophobia, an abbreviation for “no-mobile-phone phobia."​

There's obviously more research that needs to be done here, and more that is planned, but it's one of those things that makes you stop and think. I confess I'm always perplexed at the attachment people have to these devices, and dismayed at some of the things I've anecdotally noticed amongst users. It's good that this is being put to study, though I doubt if people are going to cut their addictions. With additions this pervasive, it seems it may only be a matter of time before people are stuffing chips in their heads.

Thoughts? Are you a nomophobe?

Ohh, I'm so ready for that chip to be in my head. Think of all the porn I can view in my head while in meetings and at social events. Going to have to wear big pants.

LOL

I'm jk. No, I'm not a nomophobe.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Every day, I spend the best part of an hour and a half in the back of a taxi and consequently love my smartphone.

Not only can I read interesting stuff, I can order my taxi on an app, see how long it will take to arrive, contact the driver directly if there is a problem, check traffic in advance to choose the best route, etc.

I have worked on developing a reputation for not answering my phone or responding to messages though. This means, despite 'always' being contactable, I'm only contactable when I want to be.

Win-win

that's the way to do it.

 

[dust1n]

Every day, I spend the best part of an hour and a half in the back of a taxi and consequently love my smartphone.

Not only can I read interesting stuff, I can order my taxi on an app, see how long it will take to arrive, contact the driver directly if there is a problem, check traffic in advance to choose the best route, etc.

You don't get sick reading stuff in a moving car? I get motion sick if I try to read as passenger.

 

[Willamena]

Folks are afraid of "nom nom!"

 

[Politesse]

Phobias are irrational fears; I suspect the phenomenon in question is more closely related to this one.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I don't get this having your cell phone glued to your hand. But, then again, I am of what is pretty much the last generation to grow up without them, I only got one myself after I started driving and got stranded a few times, and I just don't see any reason to constantly let it absorb me. But, I do still carry a watch.
Anymore, they are a part of society, and kids that are being born will not know life without them, so I suspect this phobia may become more common place as people become increasingly reliant on their phones - and probably brain implants and nano-machines that replace the phones eventually.

 

[Smart_Guy]

I hate mobile cell phones (you know, cell phones that can go mobile?!). People can disturb me where ever I go. I don't want to be disturbed when I play my favorite video games or eat my favorite food. I lived without one for sometime until my parents forced me to get one. Now I have two smartphones, one for work and one personal. And no, smartphones and I are not related.

My bills are even very low.

 

[Augustus]

You don't get sick reading stuff in a moving car? I get motion sick if I try to read as passenger.

Cars here tend to be moving very, very slowly .

One advantage of living in one of the most congested cities in the world is that you tend not to get motion sick.

 

[MARCELLO]

I hate mobile cell phones (you know, cell phones that can go mobile?!). People can disturb me where ever I go. I don't want to be disturbed when I play my favorite video games or eat my favorite food. I lived without one for sometime until my parents forced me to get one. Now I have two smartphones, one for work and one personal. And no, smartphones and I are not related.

My bills are even very low.

You are lucky. Due to the security issues our mobiles should be on 24 hours/7 days.

 

[Smart_Guy]

You are lucky. Due to the security issues our mobiles should be on 24 hours/7 days.

Well now mine are on 24/7 due to family and business issues
But yeah, lack of security is not a known issue here, thank God.

 

[MARCELLO]

I don't get this having your cell phone glued to your hand. But, then again, I am of what is pretty much the last generation to grow up without them, I only got one myself after I started driving and got stranded a few times, and I just don't see any reason to constantly let it absorb me. But, I do still carry a watch.
Anymore, they are a part of society, and kids that are being born will not know life without them, so I suspect this phobia may become more common place as people become increasingly reliant on their phones - and probably brain implants and nano-machines that replace the phones eventually.

You are a special person,for your own safety keep your mobile always with you please, you can never know when they will decide to harm you.