10 Signs You're Addicted to Your Cellphone
Clues to indicate if you have a problem.
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Panic When You Can’t Find It - Cellphones have come a long way from their larger prototypes. Thousands of apps keep us plugged in around the clock and assist in making our lives easier to manage. But some of the 93 percent of African-American adults that have a cell phone may be too dependent on it. Take a look at 10 signs you’re addicted to your cell phone. —Natelege Whaley When you can’t find your cell phone, you start to panic and can’t focus on anything else until you find it. (Photo: Mint Images/Tim Robbins/Getty Images)
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Leaving It at Home - When you leave home without it — which is very rare — you start to panic and feel like something is missing in your life that day. (Photo: The Record/MCT /Landov)
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You Can’t Sleep Without It - Your phone is never more than an arm's reach away from you while you’re sleeping. (Photo: Hero Images/Getty Images)
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You Use Work as an Excuse - You find it hard to achieve work-life balance because you’re always logged into your work e-mails and respond even when you’re supposed to be off the clock. (Photo: Gallo Images/Anthony Strack/Getty Images)
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You Text a Lot - It’s not a normal day if you’re not having at least three different ongoing text conversations. And if you aren’t, then you feel like everyone’s forgotten about you.(Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Airplane Mode - The only time you turn off your phone is on the airplane. And some of you put it on airplane mode instead of switching it completely off. (Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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Texting and Multi-Tasking - You find yourself always texting and walking, which causes you to bump into objects, or texting and driving, a big no-no which could end in an accident. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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No Notifications Bring You Down - If it’s been a few hours since you last picked up your phone, and you have no new messages or notifications, you feel a little down. (Photo: EPA/TANNEN MAURY /LANDOV)
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You Check Apps Over and Over - You just checked your Instagram, Twitter and Facebook five minutes ago, but now you’re back again. You even find yourself having conversations with the same people through text, social media and e-mail and this doesn’t seem overwhelming to you. (Photo: Hill Street Studios/Gary Kious/Getty Images)