By now you’ve probably realized that your phone has been glued to your hand for the past several years. It’s essentially the only reason you’re able to function on a day-to-day basis. It’s your gateway to life itself. You’re probably reading this on your phone right now. How do I know? Because you, like just about every other person on the planet, is obsessed with their phone. It’s the silent killer no one is willing to talk about. That might be a slight exaggeration. But having a Fear of Being Obsessed With Your Cell Phone is very real.
Selfie-Reflecting on Your Fear of Being Obsessed With Your Cell Phone
Fear of Being Obsessed With Your Cell Phone occurs before the realization that you are in fact obsessed with your cellphone. Early signs include checking your pockets to make sure your phone didn’t fall out for no reason, opening and closing apps while in the elevator with no intention of utilizing any of them, and bringing your phone into the washroom so you don’t feel hopelessly alone while you wait for someone to text you back. Once the realization sets in, you no longer Fear you are obsessed, it’s already begun. All you have left with you are your Angry Birds and whatever you’ve caught in Pokemon Go that morning.
Your phone is essentially an extension of your self and everything you represent in this world. Losing it (or dropping it into a toilet) is a lot like leaving your child on a roller coaster at Disneyland and you only realize it as you’re already reclined in your seat on the airplane. The difference, of course, being you would never let that happen! Because your phone is permanently glued to your hand. Otherwise, how would you update your Instagram page or Facebook page every 15 seconds?
Dialling Back Your Fear of Being Obsessed With Your Cellphone
Don’t worry if you already get anxious just thinking about the idea of not having your phone with you the next time you take a lunch break and that awkward, talkative coworker is in the room with you. We all feel that way. And that coworker is really just a parallel to life itself without a cellphone.
