No mobile phone phobia on the rise
Modern Healthcare
We’ve all done it.
Minutes after leaving the house (remember those days?), panic sets in. We pat down our pockets, empty our bags, search every inch of the car.
Nomophobia fear of being without a mobile phone is a real problem, and is having serious consequences, at least in Australia.
A new study from Monash University published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that 99% of users have some fear of being without their phone. For 13% of the population, their level of nomophobia is severe and 43% of people in the study spend nearly three hours a day on their phone.
Craig Wilmhoff, Autumn Gwin, Raegan Simpson and Haley Hurd from Perry County Central High School in Hazard, KY at Appalachian Research Day 2019 (photo provided by Craig Wilmhoff)
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A group of high school students and their teachers in eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio are hoping to change that.
And I mean…There is no sin more miserable than to betray the one who believed you.
The real issue of animal rights here is less that of suffering than that of betrayal.
When existence for one another does not work, and the strongest person decides the fate of the weak.
In the moment of need, of social isolation, the weak gave the traitor consolation and loyalty.
And then the victim stands all alone in an animal shelter, longing for the one who betrayed him.
The betrayal has condemned him to loneliness and sadness.
It is said that man learns only in pain.
THE STARTLING LINK BETWEEN ANIMAL CRUELTY AND HUMAN ABUSE
In the early 1970s, notorious serial killer Ted Bundy began a brutal killing spree that likely resulted in the death of more than 100 innocent victims. He admitted to the murder of 36 women.
About two decades earlier, Bundy tortured defenseless dogs and cats.
Similar stories are true of Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, “The Boston Strangler” Albert DeSalvo, and many others. But the connection between early animal abuse and later human abuse isn’t confined to serial killers.
Animal cruelty is linked to all forms of human abuse, from domestic violence to sexual assault.
Scientists from Monash University, Melbourne have been investigating nomophobia no mobile phone phobia or the fear of being without your mobile phone. The condition affects many more people than you might think, and could prove dangerous for our health and well-being.
Published in the journal, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, the study polled 2,838 participants on their usage habits, as well as their psychological attachment to their smartphone. Conducted in Australia a country that counts 109.6 mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (compared to 103.5 per 100 inhabitants worldwide) the study found that 99.2% of participants reported some form of nomophobia, or some degree of fear of not having their smartphone with them. In detail, while more than eight in 10 volunteers were experiencing a mild to moderate level of nomophobia, no less than 13.2% of the sample were considered to be suffering from severe nomophobia.