The Urban dictionary defines FOMO as – | fōmō | noun, a state of mental or emotional strain caused by the fear of missing out.
Fomo has been characterized as the fear of missing out, and before the rise of GenZ, it was associated with physically not bein g present at parties and gatherings with your friends, and getting sad after seeing your friends stories on Instagram.
However, that is still the definition but with the transition of generations, it has come to be associated with mental exhaustion of not being constantly active and available on your phone. Because we have become so dependent on our phones, and the illusion of connectivity that it provides, the dopamine rush, etc.
When we leave our phone even for 10 mins, we start to tap our feet in nervousness and anxiety of missing out maybe updates from your friends date, updates from your college whatsapp group, or from your long distance best friend.
My point is, we have start to associate so much anxiety with being away from your phones, and have started to delve into this deep rabbit hole of your screen time being over 7 hrs. (which btw more than a quarter of your day, and probably so much more than your sleep).
We have started to forget that there is a life outside the tiny phone and it’s okay to not be constantly available to everyone at every point of time, like a social obligation in our lives. It’s okay to miss a few texts, miss a few calls from your best friend, intentionally missing out on calls if you need to that is, but the whole point of this post is, it’s okay to live your life, and you do have a life waiting outside that tiny screen.
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