Nomophobia 0
At the start of this week, I came down with a terminal case of forgetfulness. The worst casualty: my cellphone, which I left plugged into the wall in the dining room.
The word ‘nomophobia‘ was coined back in 2008 to describe the feeling of panic that comes from being without your phone. I now understand that feeling.
All those 12 year olds out there who haven’t got phones while all their friends have? I now have such sympathy for them. Never before have I been struck by such an urge to text somebody. I worried that the two or three important phone calls I was waiting for would happen while I was out. I even lost the ability to tell the time – I am one of those people who checks the time on their phone and doesn’t wear a watch.