Can't stand the distance of your smartphone?

Or do you feel anxious and restless at a distance from your cell phone? So don't worry, this is common to most people today.

This interesting discovery came out in a new study in the United States.

Research from Ohio State University has shown that a person feels a lack of something and a sense of inferiority at a distance from their smartphone.

The study, published in the journal Computers and Human Behavior, found that the feeling was not limited to a particular gender, but that both men and women were more likely than men to experience mood swings and anxiety at a distance from smartphones. ۔

Researchers say that when this happens, people start to feel fear and anxiety that I forgot my phone at home.

Earlier, the same research team had developed a questionnaire in the past to estimate how much people rely on smartphones and it was named Nomophobia.

For the new study, experts asked 495 people aged 18 to 24 in Portugal a questionnaire and filled out another form to assess psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression and anxiety at a distance from smartphones. can go.

Researchers reported that they use phones for 4 to 7 hours a day and prefer social networking apps.

Researchers have found that the more time a person uses a smartphone throughout the day, the more stress they feel without the device.

They also discovered that people who are obsessed with using smartphones feel so much more scared without it.

Research has shown that if a smartphone is used normally, it can be useful for a person's life, ie video chatting with friends or using these devices for their work.

But when those devices become addictive, then they start affecting people's lives and this kind of behavior causes anxiety and worry over the distance of the phones.

Research has suggested that such people may view their phones as a tool to control stress.

According to researchers, it's not just the phone. In fact, people use these devices for other purposes, including social media. Which makes people restless and anxious.