No Mobile Signal... I'm dying!

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2 years ago

At the beginning of October, something unusual happened worldwide on social networks: WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram were without signal. It was more than 6 hours of worldwide suffering. I can tell you that I found out about the signal loss because my son told me about it. And you may wonder why I didn't find out personally, I will tell you why I didn't find out personally when the social networks went down. First I want to say something that stood out in the behaviour of the people who were close to me and what I could see later in some of the content.


At home, during those six hours, there was an exaggerated feeling of anxiety, including tachycardia, on the part of some adult family members. Yes, I am not exaggerating, and I might add that this altered emotional state also provoked headaches and an upset stomach. And also to my neighbors and their teenage children. Several days later I was able to read some content from my computer that the symptoms of the technological failure or crash were the same worldwide. Thousands of people expressed the same obsessive thoughts about not being able to communicate for those six hours. Everyone was in a nomophobic state for six hours!... to die. For those of you who don't know the term "nomophobia", I'll tell you in simple terms what the irrational fear of being without a mobile phone, not being able to see any notifications, messages, social networks or not being able to get into apps or games is - living proof that we are in a world dependent on technology. With the pandemic and health confinement, the use of mobile phones for all activities in our lives has increased. Even the number of people searching for partners online has increased. Thank God, the traditional way of "making" a baby and bringing it into the world is still alive and well because can you imagine, an online baby!

But to what extent have we fallen into a nomophobic state? Well, I can tell you that if you constantly give immoderate use to your mobile phone, or in other words, if once you have finished with your daily routine, either your work activities, or if you are a student, you have finished with your academic duties, you have had several conversations with family and friends and you still have an overwhelming need to check your mobile phone at every moment of the day and night, I can tell you that you could be in a kind of addiction to technology. Welcome to the world of nomophobia.

Nomophobia is not a disease, it's a symptom. It is an irrational fear you feel of not being able to communicate or interact in other activities or with other people through your mobile phone. Fear is an obvious symptom of your addiction.

As with all addictions, there are always levels of persistence to the addiction, and only by seeing an addiction specialist can you determine your level of addiction and then your personal treatment, although I will tell you that you can also manage to eliminate or lower your level of addiction to the mobile phone if you have a lot of willpower. It all depends on what your level of addiction is and if that addiction is causing you any other problems in your life on a personal and family level.

Now, going back to the question of why I didn't find out when the system failed for six hours of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, I will tell you the following, and my sister @gertu13 is a faithful witness that what I have said is true. For the last two years or more, my mobile phone, because it is a very old technology, no longer accepts WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram applications. I can only use it for text messages. It doesn't even work for making calls because it has a lot of interference and calls are dropped without being able to talk. I have tried to scrape together the dollars to buy a better technology to reconnect to the world of social networking but I have always had to divert the money to other higher priority causes such as food and medicine.

It is now three months since I started writing for read.cash that I have been able to keep up a pace of saving in dollars, so that I can finally buy a mobile phone. I think I can have a new mobile phone by November, God willing. That's why I didn't hear about the downfall of the social networking system. I am not addicted to the mobile phone, I have overcome this addiction for three years without a new mobile phone. But be careful, when I buy it I can't guarantee that I won't fall into the nomophobic world... hahaha... I am planning to dabble in other platforms like noise.cash. and in games, which can generate cryptocurrency income for me. So I don't know how I will be further ahead with my new cellphone in relation to nomophobia. What do you think?

The computer I use nowadays, how old is it?...very old too, I think it dates back to the time when man first stepped on the moon, to give you an idea of how old it might be.... But that's another story, which I'll tell you someday... I'll just tell you that it's quite an odyssey to write and communicate with you. I have overcome many barriers, but it is worth the perseverance and perseverance in being with you. I am grateful as always to be on read.cash.

To finish for today... what can you tell me about technology addiction, are you nomophobic?

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hopefully you'll get that phone soon...

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2 years ago

I guess I'm not nomophobic. First of all, I am 42 years old and I remember the period before the cell phone was invented. We used to walk around with a lot of phone tokens in our pockets. The excitement of communicating with coin-operated phones was different. In the middle of the conversation, the maine would signal and we would try to throw a coin in a hurry. This is something that requires skill. I mean, talking and trying to throw another coin into the machine. On the other hand, my phone is old and I couldn't update the messaging apps. My computer is just like yours. 32 bits. I bought it in 2010. I bought it second hand. When I took it to the computer repair shop for format, he said it could crash at any moment. It even takes 3 minutes to turn it on and off. Still, I can say that I have a bit of an internet addiction. I get stressed because I can't access the internet when there is a power cut. However, I still don't mind too much. Reading by candlelight is still nice. I might even be content if all technology crashes one day.

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2 years ago

Yes it's true, we had to be very skilful to keep a coherent conversation while placing the coins... hehehe... I'm with you in relation to reading and being even one day without internet... I'm not nomophobic yet, I don't know if I will be later on. I really liked your comment. Thanks for stopping by to read.

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2 years ago

Hello beautiful. You made me laugh with your post. I'm glad you can already have your cell phone purchase in perspective. You don't know how glad I am. Regarding the question.... No. I am not addicted. I noticed in the afternoon that no messages were coming through, or other form of communication. As you know I work in the morning in the office, lunch at noon and then my plants. I didn't realize it until 4 o'clock in the afternoon when I told Julia's nephew who is fixing the wall of my house. I told him the nets are down as far as I read. And he tells me that it is worldwide. Then I went back to work and then the smoke signals started to arrive. I am not so much a slave to my cell phone.

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2 years ago

I'm so glad that my post made you laugh, it means you like me... hahaha.... Thank God I will soon have my mobile. I can't be sure that in the future I won't be addicted to mobile because it was many years of abstinence... hahaha... greetings dear sister.

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2 years ago

How nice sister whatever happens you will do well. You are a responsible woman. And you must make up for lost time. Lol.

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2 years ago

I'm a bit addict especially that this is my way of earnings, sometimes my partner got mad because I can't finish what Im doing because I keep using the phoneπŸ˜€

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2 years ago

I understand you perfectly. When the mobile phone becomes our work tool to generate income, it is difficult to get rid of it. Thanks for stopping by and commenting

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2 years ago

Absolutely πŸ˜€

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2 years ago

It's hard to deny, I am also dependent on phones. Haha. Even planning to buy a new one this December. πŸ˜…

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2 years ago

I congratulate you for that and for thinking about buying a new one, I imagine with better technology, good for you. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

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