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Do you suffer from nomophobia? If you can't stand being away from your phone, then you probably do. It's a new, made-up term that's short for "no mobile phobia." Two out of every three people say they're nomophobes, which is up 13% from four years ago. Women and young adults are most likely to be nomophobic.
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Do you suffer from nomophobia? If you can't stand being away from your phone, then you probably do.
--Nomophobia is a new, made-up term that's short for "no mobile phobia." It started in Great Britain, where they call phones "mobiles."
--Symptoms include getting anxious when you don't have your phone, worrying about losing it, keeping an extra phone in case yours breaks, and bringing your phone to bed.
--Two out of three people in a recent survey said they have one or more of those symptoms, which is up 13% from a similar survey four years ago.
--70% of women say they're nomophobes, compared to 61% of men. And 77% of people under age 25 are nomophobic.
(LA Times)