The real summary on Nomophobia.

Nomophobia is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact – and it is the plague of the 24/7 age. More and more people are becoming dependant on their mobile phones. 53 per cent of mobile phone users experience anxiety and stress when they find themselves without their cell phones or if they understand that the battery of the phone has discharged.

Francesca Steele has performed an experiment about this fear. She wanted to prove that this mobile obsession is misguided. Francesca decided to spend a week without a mobile phone while leaving all the daily activities the same. She stated what in the old days people managed to survive and communicate without even knowing about such an invention as a cell phone.

On the very first day of the experiment she got an SMS just before she had to turn off the cell phone. As it became clear after the experiment it kept bothering her the whole time. The whole week turned out to be a total disaster. Francesca missed trains, she was constantly late on appointments. She could not even meet up with her friends. Francesca tried to use payphones but it was not a solution to her problem whatsoever. It only cost her a lot of money and gave no benefits.

On the other hand, this experiment did have some positive sides. After a long time Francesca spoke with her parents on a landline with no cars roaring beside her. They could finally have a quiet and normal talk. Moreover, she realized how calming it is to be incommunicado on occasion. How relaxed you can feel while no one can bother you. When you can have a rest between work and whatever you are doing afterwards.

To sum things up, Francesca did feel really uncomfortable without her mobile phone. It was difficult to plan the day. She wasted a lot of time searching for her friends. She admitted that living without a cell phone nowadays is almost impossible.