Nomophobia is everywhere in industrialized nations.
Further research is needed, above all academic and scholarly studies, to investigate more in depth the psychological aspects of nomophobia and to provide a standardized and operational definition of it.
The study suggests that at least some of these people have what is called "nomophobia," defined as the phobia of being out of contact with someone via mobile phone.
The study compared stress levels induced by the average case of nomophobia to be on par with those of "wedding day jitters" and trips to the dentists.
Do you see signs of nomophobia?
There is an opposite of nomophobia too, its called telephonophobia and if you suffer, you are terrified of talking on the phone.
Discovered in 2008, nomophobia is defined as the fear of being out of mobile phone contact.
Still, you may not have heard of nomophobia because people who suffer from it may not even realize they have a problem.
