Small experiment: try to think of yourself with the phone empty and no possibility of charging it. Or imagine yourself in a dead zone where you are unreachable. What’s happening to you? Do you feel liberated or anxious?
If the thought alone makes you restless, well, maybe you suffer from too nomophobia (or “nomophobia” if written in English) that feeling of slight (or not slight) panic that seizes the idea of ​​not being traceable, of not being able to see who has shared what, who is where and who is with whom.
Similar to FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)the fear of being cut off, the nomophobia takes its name from “NO MObile phone + Phobia”, or rather the fear of being without a phone. More than an anxiety disorder it is to be considered a pathological addiction, very similar to an addiction. Every time we see a notification appearing on our mobile, the dopamine level rises because we think that something new and interesting is in store for us. The problem, however, is that we cannot know in advance whether something good will actually happen, so we have the urge to check continuously, triggering the same mechanism that is activated in a gambler (Greenfield DN & Davis RA, 2002).
In any case, it’s a serious matter: the nomophobia it would cause discomfort and nervousness, sometimes even anguish.
The first signs are unequivocal: if you always carry your charger with you as if it were a lifeline, if you keep your phone on 24 hours a day, if you sleep with your smartphone on your bedside table (which, moreover, makes you sleep badly) , well, you are already on a risky road.
It is no coincidence that Apple has included the regulation of the «Usage time» and that now Instagram has also put the feature «Take a break”. The problem is becoming increasingly serious and pervasive and so perhaps it is better to equip yourself and do some detoxifying exercises, with apps and gadgets that could help in healthy detachment from the smartphone.
Below we have found some practical ideas, even if, to be honest, the solution would be found in our willpower.
Source: Vanity Fair
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