Just a few years ago, people used the telephone only for its intended purpose - to make calls. Today gadgets are becoming more and more sophisticated. A modern smartphone performs the functions of a tablet, a camera, a game console, an e-book, and a video camera. However, this situation has a downside: people are so close to their phones that they are often panicky afraid of losing them or simply leaving them at home.
Instructions
Step 1
In psychology, dependence on mobile devices and cellular communications is called nomophobia. This term has emerged relatively recently. It stands for no mobile phobia. Using this concept, specialists can describe the state of a person who left the device at home, lost it, forgot to put money into the account in time, recharge the battery, or be in a place where there is no cellular connection. Nomophobia is characterized by growing anxiety, sometimes turning into panic due to the inability to call someone close to you, and also because of the understanding that they will not be able to get through to you.
Step 2
British psychologists distinguish three types of cellular subscribers. The first type is "detached", that is, people who can live peacefully with or without a telephone. For them, the apparatus is simply a means of communication. “Prosthetics” feel some anxiety in the absence of a telephone, but in principle they can do without a mobile phone. Cyborgs, in turn, cannot imagine their life without a cell phone, and therefore never part with it.
Step 3
In order to once and for all get rid of the obsessive habit of not being separated from the phone, first you need to honestly admit that you really have an addiction. Then you should clearly define the time during which you will not touch your mobile phone. Let your conversation last no more than 8-10 minutes - this time will be enough to discuss any problem. If the conversation promises to be long, invite the interlocutor to discuss your question in person.
Step 4
Reduce the number of messages sent from your mobile phone. The ideal option is no more than 8-10 SMS per day. Leave your cellular phone at home when you go out with your dog or go to the grocery store. During this time, the world will not collapse, and you will not be tempted to send SMS or make another extra call.
Step 5
Try to put your phone in a specific place at home, and also not to carry it around the apartment. Part with him at night, do not put him under the pillow. Determine the exact limit of money that can be spent on communication on a mobile phone, and strictly adhere to it.
Step 6
Rearrange the SIM card into your first device, if it is preserved, or ask your relatives / friends for a simple phone with a primitive set of games, without a camera, Internet and MP3 player. Walk around with such a device for at least one week. You may start to feel an information vacuum at the same time, but don't give up! You can fill it up by reading an interesting book. Read it at the moment when you are once again "drawn" to look at the pages of sites or play games on your phone.
Step 7
You can also apply a tougher method of dealing with your addiction - turn off your mobile phone for a day. Spend this time usefully - for example, go for a walk with your child, visit, go to the cinema or theater. If you can pass such a test, then your situation is not at all hopeless.
Step 8
If these methods do not work, you can resort to a more radical method. Go on vacation to a location with cellular problems. It can be a forest, mountains, a house with a grandmother in the village or a foreign resort, where you can go into a big minus with frequent communication on a mobile phone. This will get you used to the fact that your phone is always at your fingertips, but it is completely useless. If things are really bad, see a professional psychologist. You should not be ashamed of this. The main thing is that over time you will be able to feel like a person free from addiction.
