Sadly,
FOMO leads to a compulsive desire to stay connected with other people's lives online, thus we get addicted to various social media platforms to a degree where checking up on what others are doing or how they are reacting to our posts becomes all-important and all-consuming.
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FOMO celebrates our global DNA -- living life to the fullest, all within 60 hours," added Discovery's vice president and general manager for Southeast Asia Anna Pak Burdin.
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Rather than die more quickly than feelings for an ex,
FOMO has flourished and became as ubiquitous as pickpockets in Barcelona parks.
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The opinions of the in-crowd course through Twitter.This is causing huge amounts of
FOMO, not just in teenagers but in older adults.
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Here, Russell Brand explains how to conquer your
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The destination or trip itself may not be the source of that
FOMO, or fear of missing out.
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FOMO. Which, I learnt, stands for Fear Of Missing Out.
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On the other hand, the intensive use of social media induces behavioral changes of its users (Liftiah et al., 2016) and "may also trigger the individual's fear of missing out (
FoMO)" (Wegmann, Oberst, Stodt, & Brand, 2017, p .33).
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Apart from harming and hurting others, it's also damaging one's own life in the form of social isolation, Fear Of Missing Out (
FOMO) and psychological diseases like depression, anxiety, etc.
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One prominent example is found in a study by Przybylski, Murayama, DeHaan, and Gladwell (2013) which recognized the mediating role of a phenomenon called Fear of Missing Out (
FoMO) in people's social media and Internet use.
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The team then looked at seven outcome measures including fear of missing out (
FOMO), anxiety, depression, and loneliness.
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It turns out when digital technology stops working, people who are addicted to the internet or have a fear of missing out (
FOMO), tend to react in a more extreme manner.
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The study reported that, with missed holiday parties and postponed vacations, last year's flu season led to loads of
FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) as the strain of Influenza A led to more serious complications and high rates of hospitalization nationwide.
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