One often hears about the health and other hazards associated with a mobile phone, but what about those who suffer from nomophobia, fear of being out of mobile phone contact.
 
According to a recent survey by Cisco, nine out of every 10 people - aged under 30 in Austria suffer from “nomophobia. The survey polled 3800 people in Australia.
 
Cisco’s chief technology officer Kevin Bloch said,” It's happening subconsciously, and one out of five people are texting while they're driving,"
 
The survey revealed that the people addicted to their smartphones became anxious when their devices went missing.
 
Bloch suggested that said that the smartphone is part of existence for many under 30s, who want to stay with them from the moment they wake up until they fall asleep. Smartphone addicts check texts, emails and social media at least once every 10 minutes.
 
Some time back in a similar survey by YouGov, a UK-based research organisation revealed that nearly 53% of mobile phone users in Britain tend to be anxious when they "lose their mobile phone, run out of battery or credit, or have no network coverage". The study found that about 58% of men and 48% of women suffer from the nomo phobia, and an additional 9% feel stressed when their mobile phones are off.

The survey polled 2,163 people out of which 55 percent cited keeping in touch with friends or family as the main reason that they got anxious when they could not use their mobile phones. The study compared stress levels induced by the average case of nomophobia to be on-par with those of "wedding day jitters" and trips to the dentists. Ten percent of those questioned said they needed to be contactable at all times because of work. It is, however, arguable that the word 'phobia' is misused and that in the majority of cases it is only a normal anxiety. 

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