Nomophobia



Symptoms__ -Checking your cell phone every 5 minutes to see if there is a message/missed call. -Hearing a ringtone in public, you automatically check your cell phone even if its not your own ringtone. -If told to put your cell phone away, you become offended.
 * __//Nomophobia//- the fear of being out of mobile contact

People become anxious when their phone battery dies, or is about to because they can no longer be in contact with close/important people. This can affect up to 53% of people that use mobile phones. 58% of men and 48% of women have nomophobia.

__Causes__ - Low battery charge with no way to charge your cell phone

- A "No Cell Phones" sign

- No signal strength on mobile device

- A broken or malfunctioning cell phone

- Lost cell phone

- Just the THOUGHT of potentially losing mobile device

- Stolen cell phone of fear of it being stolen

- Any situation that causes you to not be able to use your mobile device.

This phobia interests us because being teenagers in high school,we are constantly using our phones and are attached to our phone.**

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