Nomophobia

[Paully_44]

Nomophobia

anyone here suffering from this?

the fear of being out of mobile phone contact.
Millions apparently suffer from "no mobile phobia" which has been given the name nomophobia.
They have become so dependent on their mobile that discovering it is out of charge or simply misplacing it sends stress levels soaring.

had no idea until I got my last Wired magazine in the mail that an official phobia has been named for something like this.



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[DeWayneTN]

I think I have that.

[panhandler]

I'm scared that I have that!

[free]

I thought you got delivered and were saying..."No Mo (more) Phobia"...My bad!

[Shellie]

Funny....my phone's been missing for days and I haven't even looked for it.

[Jamais Vu]

for me personally, i am more scared of loosing all the phone numbers stored in my cell phone than being without my phone. i can always borrow someone else's phone, but if i were lost and stranded without my cell phone, im not so sure that i could remember anyone's phone number! more dumbing down of my generation thanks to technology i suppose.

[curiouspk]

I thought it was the fear of yard nomes when I first saw the thread.

[MacUser]

My phone is missing also..

[A2JGirl]

for me personally, i am more scared of loosing all the phone numbers stored in my cell phone than being without my phone. i can always borrow someone else's phone, but if i were lost and stranded without my cell phone, im not so sure that i could remember anyone's phone number! more dumbing down of my generation thanks to technology i suppose.

Exactly! I don't even know my own mother's phone number by heart!

[RamboPreacher]

not me, I can put my BB down any time. i just choose not to. hehehehee

[Paully_44]

not me, I can put my BB down any time. i just choose not to. hehehehee

same here. I quit my phone every weekend, but somehow when i see the blinking red light, I just have to pick it up and check the messages. Even though I know it is work related, and even though it is off hours from work.

[free]

I'm guilty as charged also...The worst/best thing I ever did was buy my Palm...Internet, email....I get it all...All the time!

[Ilovebigcats]

I thought it was the fear of yard nomes when I first saw the thread.

I was thinking of something similar myself... yard Gnomes. Are they related?

that was for you Beav

[dolfan]

Funny....my phone's been missing for days and I haven't even looked for it.

I hear you. I have "mophobia" ... fear of having to use my mobile phone. I hate all phones!!

[Full Quiver]

mophobia looks like and sounds like MOW phobia which would be a fear of cutting the lawn. Some folks aren't really afraid but play as if they are so they don't have to do the yard work. If one were to play their cards right, and if Obama is elected, then they could get a small disability check which would subsidize the yard cutting by a professional.