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Am I
Addicted to
my Smartphone?
require your focused attention and concentration?
1. Do you find yourself spending more time on
your smartphone than you realize? 10. Do you feel your use of your cell phone
actually decreases your productivity at times?
2. Do you find yourself mindlessly passing
time on a regular basis by staring at your smartphone
even though there might be better or more
productive things to do? 11. Do you feel reluctant to be without your
smartphone, even for a short time?
3. Do you seem to lose track of time when on
your cell phone?
12. When you leave the house, you ALWAYS
have your smartphone with you and you feel ill-at-
ease or uncomfortable when you accidentally leave
your smartphone in the car or at home, or you have
no service, or it is broken?
4. Do you find yourself spending more time
texting, tweeting, or emailing as opposed to talking
to real-time people? 13. When you eat meals, is your cell phone
always part of the table place setting?
5. Has the amount of time you spend on your
cell phone been increasing? 14. When your phone rings, beeps, buzzes, do
you feel an intense urge to check for texts, tweets, or
emails, updates, etc.?
6. Do you secretly wish you could be a little
less wired or connected to your cell phone?
7. Do you sleep with your smartphone on or
under your pillow or next to your bed regularly?
15. Do you find yourself mindlessly checking
your phone many times a day even when you know
there is likely nothing new or important to see?
8. Do you find yourself viewing and answering
texts, tweets, and emails at all hours of the day and
night, even when it means interrupting other things
you are doing? This self-assessment will give an indication of
how far you have been addicted to smartphone. If the
addiction is strong, (If your answer is 'yes' to more
than 10 questions) then the readers are requested to
seek spiritual counsel.
9. Do you text, email, tweet, or surf the internet
while driving or doing other similar activities that - Selected