Phantom cell phone vibration (or I am not going insane after all)

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I know this to well. This and how i always check for the Mailnotification in my Dock if there is any little background sound in the musictrack i'm listening to.

But it's not about addiction i suppose. It's a natural behaviour of our brain to save energy by recognizing patterns instead of recomputing. So yes, the tech break will help, but no, i am not addicted to my phone.

(edited a typo)

Agreed. I feel my cell vibrating when driving - I think its blood flow constricted, I remove the phone from my pocket and it goes away. I don't always even remember the phone was there - so how could it be anxiety?

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