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Signs You're Hopelessly Addicted to Your Smartphone

Mar 19 2015 - 10:55am

Don't even try to deny it — you're totally addicted to your smartphone [1]. Most people are, and we don't blame them: those little rectangular pieces of technology are pure magic. Here are the signs that you're permanently stuck in smartphoneland along with an easy tip to get you the help you desperately need.

Source: TLC [2]

You have a complete meltdown when you leave your phone at home.

A day without your phone is like a day without air.

When you feel awkward, your immediate instinct is to pretend to text.

What else is there to do?

You feel sick to your stomach when your phone dies.

What will you do with life now?

When you finally find an outlet for your charger, you are overwhelmed with joy.

It's alive!

You feel panic when your phone isn't within sight.

No, everything is not OK.

You never remember conversations that occur during family dinners.

You get a lot of Facebook notifications, OK?

You will set aside time to perfect a selfie.

Must not stop until it's perfect.

You heavily depend on your phone for daily reminders.

Hey, sometimes it's easy to forget to shower.

You believe there should be an app for every aspect of your life.

Because every aspect of your life involves your phone, duh.

You take your phone literally everywhere and anywhere.

On the toilet and all sorts of other inappropriate places [3].

Your friends get frustrated because you're never really present.

"Give me some attention!"

When you break your phone, a piece of you dies inside.

Why is the universe so cruel?

You compare an hour not checking your Facebook to an hour of physical torture.

Missing an update is unacceptable.

You're learning how to text and walk without tripping.

But sometimes you still get bruises.

You get super frustrated if your WiFi connection sucks.

Why can't the whole world be a WiFI hotspot?

You just now realized that you qualify as a smartphone addict.

You're not alone.

It's OK — you can get help.

Let's start with an easy seven-day detox [4].


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