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Essay / Negative Effects of Nomophobia - 1110
Guess how long I lasted? 5 minutes. I thought I had spent three whole hours because I was doing my computer homework, until I realized I had done my homework on the Internet. I got to the point where I was about to throw my phone and computer at a wall because it made me so angry that I couldn't go that long without using one or the other . Honestly, I thought I'd be able to last at least a day – that was optimism, and I was right. However, because my friends who knew I was supposed to do this project ended up stealing my phone and wouldn't give it back to me, that's when the anxiety started to set in. At first I was upset because the first few hours were torturous, especially because there was absolutely no warning. I was sure my parents had been texting me and I would be in trouble if I didn't respond for almost 8