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Spotted in today's paper - You thought you had heard of everything, well here is the latest, Nomophobia - the fear of being out of mobile phone contact, as reported in the Daily Mail today.
It seems apparently that millions of us out there are suffering from this strange affliction where people have become so dependent on their mobile that they can suffer from the stress of being out of range or discovering that the battery is out of charge. This stress according to research is affecting more than 13 million Britons, it seems that keeping in touch with friends and family is the main culprit so much so that many cannot leave home without being wedded to their mobiles. More than one in two said that they never turn off their mobiles, one in ten said that they needed to be contactable at all times due to work, with a further 9% said that turning off their phone made them anxious.
The poll was put together by the Post Office who questioned more than 2,100 mobile phone users, one interesting fact that came to light in this report is that there are 66 million active mobile phone accounts in the UK. A spokesman said that ' Whether you have run out of credit or battery, lose your phone or are in an area with no reception, being phoneless can bring on a panicky symptom in our 24/7 culture' (Better avoid using your mobile in St Maragret's Bay then).
Sufferers are advised to avoid nomophobia to keep their credit topped up, carry a charger at all times, give family and friend an alternative contact number and carry a pre-paid phonecard for emergency calls.
Or try to liberate yourself from the shackles of your mobile by simply switching it off! (ie Get a life)
I wonder how much this research cost and have we ended up paying for it.
If I made this posting tomorrow you would have been right to say, April Fool!