Are you addicted to your cell phone?
Having constant access to so many functions does not justify being continually glued to your cellphone.
Gone are the days where a cellphone’s main function was phoning. Cellphones have become a status symbol among people of all ages, not just the youth.
Instant access to social media, internet access, games, music and other forms of entertainment have resulted in the overuse of cellphones.
Baylor University in Texas recently completed a survey among university students, and found that compulsive use of cellphones has similarities to compulsive shopping and other materialistic behavioural addictions.
A behavioural addiction is any substance, object, behaviour or activity that becomes a major focus of a person’s life, to the point where they begin to exclude themselves from other activities. In addition to this, the activity may also cause harm to the person.
Cellphone addiction may seem like a laughing matter, but it is not. Nomophobia, the fear of being without your cellphone, is now serious enough to warrant checking into rehab.
We are all guilty of checking our Facebook, Instagram and other social media accounts, as well as consulting the readily available Google search engine. But where do we draw the line between merely “checking” and having an addiction?
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•Brutally attacked for his cellphone
•Trial by Facebook? Suspects found guilty on social media
