Do you Have Nomophobia?

By: Jayme Thompson

Are you addicted to your phone? If you are then you are in big trouble because people with nomophobia die faster. Just kidding, but this is a real problem, over 50% of phone users have nomophobia. Click ‘Read more’ to take the quiz and find out if you have it?

Count the number of A’s B’s C’s and D’s you get. At the end I will tell you if you have deadly nomophobia or not.

1. When your phone doesn’t charge during the night and you wake up and it’s on 5% what do you do?

1. You throw your phone across the room and lose all hope in humanity
2. You scream “Noooooo”
3. You get angry but cool down after 5 minutes
4. You put your phone on the charger and go to school without it

2.) You’re playing around with your friends and you drop your phone, it’s broken what do you do?

1. Yell at your friends then have a panic attack
2. Curl up in the fetal position and cry
3. You’ll ask your parents for a new phone. As long as you get it you’re cool
4. You wait until your birthday to get another one

3.) Your friend asks for your phone so they can research something, what do you do?

1. You don’t hear them over the messenger ping
2. You look at them in disbelief
3. You hand it over but take it in 15 minutes
4. You give them the phone until they are done

4.) It’s Christmas time and you asked for a Iphone 8 but you got a samsung 7, what do you do?

1. Have a complete melt down and set your house on fire
2. You yell at your parents “I knew you never loved me!”
3. You act happy but secretly hate that you got a samsung
4. You accept your phone and are happy with what you got

5.) Someone is talking to you what do you hear?

1. Wait what was the question I wasn’t listening
2. You hear mumble’s and think it’s your cat
3. You hear half of what they are saying and nod like you hear it all
4. You put your phone down and listen to what they are saying

• If you got mostly A’s and B’s then you are ADDICTED you need help put your phone down and smell the roses young fellow. Maybe you should be in tune a little more and stop looking at your phone.
• If you got mostly C’s and D’s then you don’t have nomophobia. You have good reactions and at least try to understand the things happening around you.

Overall try to be more involved with your surroundings you’ll probably notice things you never noticed before. You should comment what your results were and if you have nomophobia, (by the way I also had nomophobia… it was a hard road but I got through this addiction so you can too.)