There was a news story in the Columbus Dispatch by Kathy Lynn Gray describing college students experiencing those “ancient” times (you know, when we didn’t have 24/7 Internet access, Facebook, smart phones, texting, and 500+ channels of TV). The result: anxiety, chest pains, fear, feeling isolated, frustrated, angry, sad, awkwardness, and uncomfortable with the silence. So much for taking time to stop and reflect. One upside admitted by Chari Eyler, a freshman at Wilmington College, she was able to get more sleep.
UPDATE: The term NOMOPHOBIA or NO MObile PHone PhoBIA is now used to describe a psychological condition when people have a fear of being detached from their mobile phone. NOMOPHOBIA is actually constructed on definitions described in the DSM-IV as a “phobia for a particular/specific thing.”
