Comment on some of the following quotes regarding cell phone addictions:
One in six young adults could be addicted to their mobile phones, research suggests. A study of the mobile phone use of more than 100 students showed a large proportion exhibited symptoms more usually associated with compulsive gamblers.
Many were so attached to their mobile that they relied on it to lift their mood, resorted to lying about how much they used it and regularly borrowed money from friends and relatives to pay their bills. The symptoms could be even worse for younger teenagers than those studied.
While most of us are "addicted" to our mobiles, apparently some have it so bad that they're receiving treatment. Two children (ages 12 an 13) were admitted to a mental health clinic to cure what's been labeled as cellphone addiction. From the Telegraph:
They were brought in after spending an average of six hours a day on their phones, talking, texting or playing games.
Their parents became concerned that the children, aged 12 and 13, were unable to carry out normal activities without their handsets. They were failing at school and deceiving relatives in an attempt to obtain more money for phone cards.
According to the doctors on staff, it's the first time that a "specific" treatment has been used to cure mobile phone addiction. Then again, these are children who are 12 and 13. They seem a lot more like two kids distracted from their school work than strung-out junkies begging for quarters at the side of the road so that they can get their next fix.
"They both showed disturbed behaviour and this exhibited itself in failure at school. They both had serious difficulties leading normal lives."
Both children had had their own phones for 18 months and were not controlled by their parents.
"One paid for their phone by getting money from the grandmother and other family members, without explaining what they were going to do with it," said Dr Utgès.
At least two cases of phone addiction have been reported in Britain where young people who were obsessed with their phones and became depressed when the number of incoming calls or messages dropped.
25 comments:
I believe there is an addiction of cell phones because people get used to texting their friends. If they were to quit they woulb be so used to doing it they would get mad or bored very fast. I don't have a cell phone yet but I'll try not to get addicted to it.
I think this not right. If people are so addicted to there phones, why don't the parents just take they phones away, and if they get depressed just tell them to suck it up, like you don't have to be a little girl about it. I Personaly just use my phone to text some friends and calls when i have to. I don't EVER get depressed when it doesn't work cuz that seriously isn't right!
Riley
I think that is pretty dumb. No one should be on their that much where it is controlling their life. Like being depressed because your messages dropped, like how silly. I know some people who are adicted to their phone but not that bad. But if someone is that addicted the parents should have the confidence to take it from them.
yes i think there is a thing as cell phone addiction because i no people that eat sleep and drive with there cell phones and they have troubles sleeping and are up all hours of the night texting anyone that is awake i no this because a couple of people have texted me at like 4 a.m just so they can have something to do. but there is also a line you have cross before you have an addiction because like i rely on my cell phone for alot of things like finding people to hangout with and as my alarm clock to wake up in the morning but im not sitting there sending 10,000 texts a month because if you can send that many you either need a life or alot of help
Cell phones..... i think there awesome :) and my strong thought about it is that kids should have one specialy when there out and about because if there in trouble they can phone or text there parents to tell them to come pick them up and what not... When there at school not so much... But to stay in contact with everyone around them i think they would feel more secure and safe when around others..
I think that this is pretty sad when people get depressed over not getting as many texts or calls. I don't think a twelve year old would need a cell phone unless its an emergency. More and more kids these days have cell phones just to talk to their friends which then keeps them from getting involved in other activities. I think that people should get a cell phone either once they get a job to pay for it themselves or at least until they get a car just incase they get in an accident.
I don't think this kind of addiction is the same as drug and alchol. Therefor it is not a bad thing, i, myself am on my phone ALOT. I don't really say i am addicted but it's just fun to use and have. BUT i also feel kids that are in grade 6 SHOULD NOT have a cell phone that is just crazy, i got mine when i turned 14.
MY parents felt i was responsible and the kid should be responsible in order to have a phone. However, i am very lucky because my parents pay for my phone bills. When some parents do and some don't. Also, it's not an addiction its like super fun to do, some would agree some would disagree. I think our parents growing up didn't have cellphones and so thats why they might say " you dont need one" or "when i was a kid we didn't have cell phones" It really depends on your parents. But you do not need to be on your phone ALL the time. It's just a toy, NOT your life when your only a tennager.
I think that we really cant be addicted to cell phones, its more of a phycological thing. You can't be addicted to a cell phone the way you can be to smokes, drugs and alchol. If your texting every minute of the day then I really feel sorry for you because your not enjoying the real things in life. It's just kinda stupid to say someone has a cell phone addiction, take the cell phone away from those kids! If their parents had actually paid attention to them, they wouldn't have been addicted in the first place!
I personally think this a little far-fetched. I know that a lot of people are really into using their cellphones, but obsessed might be going too far. I use my cellphone a lot during the day, but it's not hard for me to put it down and I don't carry it in my hand in every room I go into. My parents like to joke around that I'm obsessed, but I'm definitely not. I go some days where I don't even touch my cellphone at all. Infact, I once lost my cellphone at a friends house for almost two days and I wasn't worried about it so she asked if I wanted to look for it. I said, "It's okay, we'll find it later." She was amazed because she said that she would be freaking out. I personally don't think you can necessarily blame children's grades and everything that's wrong with them on cellphones, if this has been going on since they got their cellphones then it should've been stopped in the early stages. To me, it sounds like there is something else going on with these kids, but I'm also not a professional so I wouldn't know. I guess that's just my opionion. I suppose it could be possible though.
I don't have issues with cell phone ,mainly because I don't have one. It seems that this is a pretty serious subject almost half th kids in the school have one. But I guess this probably would not happen that often any way. I don't think a student in this school could ever have an addiction.
um........ I pretty much just use my phone to keep in touch with friends if there is no other way to talk to them..... Sometimes i use it quite a bit more thatn i should but that's only when i'm bored i guess.
Some of my friends use their phone way too much and it gets annoying.
I also think cell phones are used for safety too. I think that if you can afford one you should have one because you can use them to call for help and such.
I think cellphones are addicting because people like to text and they cant handle it. It helps because it helps ur communication life but you don't even talk to them in real life cause you're too busy texting or some other stuff.
I think cellphones are addicting because people like to text and they cant handle it. It helps because it helps ur communication life but you don't even talk to them in real life cause you're too busy texting or some other stuff.
Yes, I think that cell phones are addicting,because all some kids want to do is text not play sports and everything.
I think that cell phones can be useful if you need to call for help or something, but if you don't really need it and you have a full on panic attack when someone takes it away for GOD FORBID an entire day then that could be a problem. Its the same with computers. once they're gone you get used to not using it and its not that big a deal. i don't have a problem with my cell...
It is kind of addicting because some people can't live with out there cell. In way it is kind of fix because some people can not surive with out there cells.
Yes, i think they can be really addictive and i alwasy see people always using their phones during times where they shouldn't because they can live without it. Yes i think its a problem and the people who neeed help should get it.
i think that cell phones are a good thing to have with you at all times. In case of an emergencey.
I think that there can be an addiction to cell phones for some people but not every person. I am kind of addicted it but not lots. I could live wtihout it for a few days. I think that people could get very addicted to their phone and they might notbe able to deal without it so they will try very hard to get it back or borrow their friends just so they can text their friends.
i do belive that cellphones are addictive to a certain level, depending on who you are. I have a phone and i do think that i am slightly addicted to it. I do think thought, that cell phones are very usefull and a guide thing to have.
I think people that are addicted to their cell phones need it taken away for a while so that they learn to live without it. I dont have a cell phone but if I did im pretty sure that I would not get addicted to it. Cell phones are usefull though, because if you get in trouble you can have something to call for help.
Yup, i do believe in cellphone addiction. The population of cellphone addiction is going really high, hearing they're also raising the price of unlimited texting just because everyone has become addicted. Even though, i do agree no one should be that obsessed with there phone, or even there personal belongings. Understanding, i noticed i am, myself, addicted to my phone. Honestly, i text everyday and everynight. It's unbeliveable, actually.
I think everyone should be grateful they have a cellphone because it took me a while to get my very own cellphone. I had to keep telling my mom whats good about it because she always was looking at the bad side.
But overall, Cellphone addiction is real, but not good to fall in.
I think that this is a really bad addiction, everybody i see is texting. I don't really care if i get a cellphone. If i got one i probably wouldn't be using it that much. I think people would have to go threw a coarse for cell phone addiction.
WOW! all i can say is wow.
thats scary stuff there
Kids are stealing money form their own family just to keep their phone up? now thats addiction.
I think that they can be addictive because people are always on them. I do think that people should have one though in case of an emergency...but kids in G.6- 8 don't really need them.
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