Scene 1
A group of friends are chatting and having fun. After sometime, most of their eyes are glued to their mobile phones.
Scene 2
In a bus, most of the commuters are busy scrolling their little device.
The above scenes are common sights now-a-days. Even you may be a part of the crowd. But does your blood run cold when you think of losing your mobile phone or your heart skip a beat when it slips from your hand? Brace yourself! You may be suffering from an ‘anxiety disorder’ called Nomophobia. Break down the word and you will get ‘Nomo’ which stands for ‘No Mobile’ and ‘phobia’ which means ‘fear’. So basically, you’re not the only one; most of us are suffering from this alarming pheomenon.
Origin
‘Nomophobia’ owes its neology to the UK Postal office which assigned a research organization to analyze....
