MBOPOLI
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- Aug 12, 2015
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- Constantly checking your phone for no reason
- Feeling anxious or restless at the thought of being without your phone
- Avoiding social interaction in favour of spending time on your phone
- Waking up in the middle of the night to check your smartphone
- A decline in academic or work performance as a result of prolonged phone activity
- Easily distracted by emails or smart apps.
Nomophobia - or no mobile phone phobia - the onset of severe anxiety on losing access to your smartphone has been talked about for years. But in Asia, the birthplace of the selfie stick and the emoji, psychologists say smartphone addiction is fast on the rise and the addicts are getting younger.