Reboot Your Life: How to avoid feeling anxious when you leave your phone at home
ABCDo you get the feeling that something is missing when you leave your phone at home? Do you rush to ask friends to contact you via Facebook or email instead, then rush home convinced you have missed important phone calls or texts? According to psychologist Jocelyn Brewer, the scientific explanation for those feelings is the way people have been conditioned to expect something around you to vibrate. "If you're reliant on your phone to mediate feelings, or help relieve negative feelings by using particularly activities like mindless scrolling through visual information and social media, then that might not be so adaptive or good for you," she said. Ms Brewer is a strong advocate for "healthy tech use" and writes on her blog that one-off "digital detoxing" strategies routinely fail.
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