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F.O.M.O – Fear of Missing Out.

Call me old fashioned – but I liked, preferred and miss our old landline phone. We certainly had better audio quality and higher reliability whilst never having to worry about infuriating constant signal dropouts grrr! Yep, I remember how frustrating it was to discover the recipient of your phone call wasn’t in and you felt you needed to talk to them immediately, and yes you could always leave a message but had to wait until Great Aunty Mildred returned from her shopping trip before you got any family gossip.


Antiquated planning rules have led to difficulty in building new mobile masts or replacing old ones. Property developments are springing up faster than networks can keep pace and the demand for rising data is leaving systems unable to keep pace, and don’t get me started if you happen to live in a rural blackspot!

When mobile phones began their global invasion, it was heralded as the new coming, the best thing since sliced bread, and yes, I appreciate the convenience, technology and all that malarky. But did any of us contemplate the damage that this comfort would cause, the disruption of daily functions in particular to our juvenile generation. Children as young as thirteen are having to attend ‘smartphone rehab’, with help centres springing up throughout the UK. I find this incredibly scary and worrying. These gadgets are made to trigger constant dopamine hits that turn device scrutiny into uncontrollable habits, with every notification, a reward gets sent to your brain, hence training you to keep scrolling. Resulting in addictive, compulsive overwhelming reliance on these devices that affect mental health, sleep deprivation and physical wellbeing.

I would urge parents to re-think their own dependency to their mobile – and consider what role model they are portraying to their offspring. Me, I’m quite happy being a luddite.

 

 

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