Nomophobia – The Fear of Being Out of Cell Phone Range

Posted on 31. Mar, 2008 by Daniel Taylor in Idiocy, Science, Technology

Research in Britain has shown that up to 53% of mobile phone users suffer from “no mobile phobia,” or nomophobia, the fear of being without cell phone service for any reason:
They have become so dependent on their mobile that discovering it is out of charge or simply misplacing it sends stress levels soaring. More than one in two said this is why they never switch it off. One in ten said they needed to be contactable at all times because of their jobs, while 9 per cent said that [...]