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Revealed: The common phone habit that experts warn could be giving ANXIETY

December, 25, 2024-01:32

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Revealed: The common phone habit that experts warn could be giving ANXIETY:

Dr Zaheer Hussain, senior lecturer in psychology at Nottingham Trent University, said two phones could also be a sign of 'FOMO', the fear of missing out. FOMO – the belief that others are having fun without us – has been linked with more intensive smartphone use, such as higher number of apps used. And the storage demand of all these apps might mean people have to spread them across two phones. People do not want to miss out news and notifications.
                   Also, there is constant content being provided by social media, sometimes people will mindlessly scroll content out of a learned habit. Carrying two phones is often just a way to separate work-based communications from personal ones during the week. Although it helps separate work from pleasure, carrying two phones can reveal a lot about your personality, according to psychologists.

David Sheffield, professor of psychology at the University of Derby, thinks having two phones may be linked with anxiety or even neuroticism.

                   If you are more neurotic you might be using your phone more and may be more concerned about battery life, so two phones provide a safety net, he told Mail Online. The average Brit spends four hours and 20 minutes on a smartphone per day or around a quarter of our waking lives, recent research revealed. But whether having two means we spend more time overall looking at a smartphone is as yet unclear.