‘Dumbphones’ make a comeback: ‘No one calls me anymore’

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My anxiety started the same year (shortly after) I was given a smart phone out of pity. (I always just had an old flip phone. )

Today I still have smart phone but I am in the habit of leaving it behind a lot. If I'm in my office playing games with the boys I'll leave the phone in the kitchen. If I'm watching TV I'll leave it in the bedroom.

I get the benefits of the smart phone, you just need to be able to unplug from it for the majority of your day to stay sane.

[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

nomophobia (no mobile phone phobia)

Nomos means a body of law in Greek and indeed, Wiktionary defines nomophobia as a fear of laws, that's a sensible definition. The definition that the author propagates is probably made up by a teenager. It's moronic that people take such things seriously.