Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)

How to Get Rid of Texting Habit

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Texting is a great way to quickly communicate. Unfortunately, the convenience of texting can lead to a texting addiction. If you feel anxious when you are not checking your phone and need to constantly message your friends, you might be addicted to texting. Making it more difficult to find ways to text, having better social interactions, and building better phone habits can help you beat your addiction to texting. Are we really phone junkies? Phones aren’t drugs. […]

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Facebook Anxiety Disorder

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Social media has changed the way people interact. We can now remain in constant contact with hundreds of so-called friends, even ones we rarely see in person. Social anxiety is an anxiety problem where a person has an excessive and unreasonable fear of social situations. Is there a role for social media in perpetuating Facebook anxiety disorder through feelings of disconnection and loneliness?  So how might social media be involved? Loneliness in the young is

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PASSING THE SCREEN TEST

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Be aware of how your devices affect you and take steps that help you regain control. Psychologists have helped people dealing with some serious addictions such as smoking and drinking over the years. Now they are making us ask ourselves if we are obsessed with our screens and digital devices. How would you fare/answer or react when you face these questions? Are you addicted? Addiction doesn’t have to be of any particular substance such as

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Break the Addiction but Keep the Connection

2 Comments / Phone Distraction, Phone Life Balance, Smartphone Addiction /

Do you find it difficult to concentrate on a simple thing or find it almost impossible to sit quietly on a train, in a bar or even while watching TV without checking your phone? Do you spend hours in a day on gaming? Do you suffer from Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) if you don’t check social media every few minutes? These are all signs of a highly digital or a tech addiction, a fast

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Cure your smartphone Addiction with Apple IOS 12

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Apple unveiled a host of new features which will help you to curb your smartphone addiction.   Do Not Disturb during bedtime This feature will hide all the notifications when it is turned ON. Turn ON this feature before going to bed in the night and you will not be able to see any notifications until the next morning.  In case you pick up your phone any time during the night, it will only show

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