You will become addicted because it's designed that way.

So my goal is to start to pull back that veil and let them understand what's happening technologically behind the scenes.

And when you start to explain that maybe they can't help themselves. and let them understand what's happening technologically behind the scenes.

And when you start to explain that maybe they can't help themselves,

because the same thing is happening in their body is when they have alcohol or cigarettes.

It gives them that permission that they need to say, oh, okay, this is a problem,

and now I can take necessary steps to start to change it.

25 years ago, the first smartphones hit the market, and we joyfully found the world literally delivered to our

fingertips, spinning inside our pockets. Then, with the emergence of social media, our smartphones

became much more than just a means of talking to the people we work with or staying connected

to family and friends. We reveled in the technology eagerly scrolling along, our thumbs

pausing every so often to check in on each other's status updates and double-tap vacation

photos. We began spending more and more time staring at our screens, giving our brains

hit after hit of dopamine with each comment, like, love, and share, our phones became

extensions of ourselves, making many aspects of our lives seemingly more full and easier to

manage. But what would you do if your screen suddenly went dark? Scary thought. Well, you're not

alone. Nomophobia is the fear of being without your mobile phone

or being unable to use your phone for some scary reason, like not having a signal or running out

a battery. The spike of anxiety in our bodies when we're unable to access our devices is no small

thing. And the more we feed into these

cravings, the more likely we are to feel how this behavior negatively impacts other areas of our

lives. This is not to hate on technology, but there are important questions we need to be asking.

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