Nomofobia and is called the term comes from the English expression 'non-mobile' (no phone) and serves to explain the irrational fear felt by some users when they are close to their cell phones. This behavior is classified among the new diseases that emerged by the advent and widespread use of new technologies.
According to a study by Spanish experts, 53 percent of mobile phone system users suffer from this phobia, whose symptoms are anxiety, instability, aggression, and difficulty concentrating.
These symptoms occur when you forget your cell phone at home when the battery is low or them when they are in an area with low coverage or poor signal. Furthermore, by mistake theft influence to increase the moments of anguish over the loss of a device that usually concentrate precious data by users, such as phonebook, pictures and email accounts.
Another symptom is that when in a place where cell phone use is not permitted (cinema, banks, airplanes, etc.), the person suffers from stress. As an addicted smoker, seeks a way out of that place to review the phone.
Spanish psychologists USP Hospitals group said that the most likely to suffer from nomofobia, concentrating mood instability, aggression, and difficulty concentrating, are those with smart phones, because they are the devices that allow for more activities, so the dependence on them increases.
Early studies revealed that this disease is more common in men than in women. While in the women's 48 percent of users suffering from nomofobia, in males the figure is 58.
According to psychologist Ildefonso Munoz, author of the paper, "Youth are the most vulnerable, as their current pattern of sociability and peer relationships has changed since a decade ago." Mobile chat messages dominate how they interact, therefore without moving your computer or communication is almost total blackout. "
To avoid falling into this dependency or reduce, Ildefonso Munoz advised to turn off the phone at night after a certain time, make attempts to quit in a room other than that we are, starting with 10 minutes and gradually increase this time gradually, and eventually be able to leave the mobile home.
This new pathology is also being studied by experts in at the University of Kansas, U.S. and Australian researchers.
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