Mobile phone aholic
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Mobile phone aholic
Do you think you can living without a mobile phone now ? or you think you are a mobile phone aholic ?
Your feeling possibly is real. According to a recently research, in every six young people that has a person is addict to mobile phone.
And this “addiction” I was just mentioned about is refers to the extreme dependence on mobile phone. In the world of today, some people already could unable to live without mobile phones, and the others even need them to encourage their own mood or emotion. I think this kind of action is very similar with OCD. (Obsessive compulsive disorder)
Some scientist believed, actually the occurred symptom of mobile phone addiction might be more serious than them discovered.
English Staffordshire university psychology scholar, Dr. David Sheffield took 106 students as an experiment object, these student are between 18~25 years old, and the purpose of this questionnaire is ask about the whether the relatives and friends once did request them to reduce use the number of times of mobile phone, as well as what did their mood change when they refused.
The investigation shows, 90% young people to are able to bring the mobile phones no matter go to any place, approximately 40% of them expressed they can not without the handset. One reason of they love to use the mobile phone so much is it can cheer their mood.
The analysis shows, when the young people are unable to use the mobile phone, in every seven people has a person to be able to become flustered and irritable. But when they cover up the time of how long they use it, also cannot feel uneasy. Generally said, approximately 1/6 people’s addiction symptom and gambling addicted are close.
The important thing we need to worry about is, some 35% people said they evade the problems by use mobile phone; Some 32% people said they once tried to reduce to use mobile phone but not succeed; 14% people will falsely report how many times has used every day. Even have 7% people express they have rather thrown the job or the friends, also do not want to throw away the mobile phones. The Dr David Sheffield another study discovered, the mobile phone becomes the basic equipment of daily life, many people even if temporarily do not have the mobile phone, also can form the very big pressure.
He took 20 students as the object again and forced them to stop using the mobile phone temporarily. Although only crossed three days, these people unexpectedly to reduce the blood pressure, the heart rate change, including the argument in the life which normally occurs and is restless all along with it reduction.
The research believed, these people because are unable to chat with their friends via mobile phone, thus creates depressed and unhappy. Their social life and the emotion suffer setbacks, not only due to it is unable to arrange to meet friend anytime, also because cannot receives the good news. Dr David Sheffield said that: Receiving phone messages can make them feel better and also has the self-respect; Therefore, receives the news unavoidably to be able to make them feel not comfortably, or the feeling is not taken.
Is worth, the researcher which we is vigilant stressed, this research object although is the young student, the conclusion actually is suitable for various ages level.
The situation also In my country, everyone all crazy about mobile phones, each person average has two mobile phones or more. Especially my friends around me, they always change their phone every half-year because the mobile phone company such as NOKIA and MOTOROLA, keep having some better product to attract customers. I think the main reason why more and more people getting addiction of mobile phone is because “the mobile phone today is not just a mobile phone.“ the time of the handset produces is not certainly long, but the speed of it’s evolution is quite surprising. Just a few years, a mobile phone already can be a mini computer. Now these things are smaller and smaller, and easy to carry, this also enabled more and more people to have them.
There are some extra functions of phone now:
- Blue tooth
- Wireless
- Camera
- Internet
- Dictionary
- Video call
- MP3
- Radio
- Watch TV
However, along with mobile phone getting more and more popular, there has some condition comes out. As I mentioned before, the symptom of mobile phone addiction is getting worse, I don’t where but before I saw some people call this addiction Nomophobia. (No Mobile Phobia)
Some people excessively rely on the mobile phone because they feel anxious about other people are unable to make a connection to their phone, then worried too much become to influence their spirit and their health situation.
here are some symptoms of Nomophobia
- The mobile phone does not have the signal or the signal getting weak then starts to be dysphoria.
- Feel not comfortable if the mobile phone is standing in the service area.
- Turn on the mobile phone during sleeping.
- Always go and check the mobile phone won’t turn off by itself.
- Always feel the mobile phone is ringing then take out to check all the time.
Someone share his example on Internet:
I know if I leave my home without my cell phone I feel lost. I feel naked and disconnect from the world. I wonder what I will do if my car breaks down on the highway or what if a love one needs to get in touch with me immediately. I'll sometimes turn around to head back home to get my cell phone after driving several miles. Sometimes I will keep driving because I'll remind myself that people got along fine (including me) without cell phones. I may not be an addict but I can see how people can become addicted. Soon we may have people entering programs for “cell phone addicts”!
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/003723.html
http://www.cellphonedigest.net/news/2007/11/cell_phone_addiction_program.php
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=22245
http://www.china.org.cn/english/Life/66117.htm
http://www.bps.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/releases$/social-psychology-section/mobile-phone-addiction-tendencies-in-young-people.cfm
