Do you panic if you leave home without your mobile / cellphone?

@Bizziebod (3497)
May 5, 2007 5:15pm CST
Do you feel lost without your mobile / cellphone if you forget about it and leave it at home? I sometimes forget leave mine at home and then worry that I will need it. Once when I forgot mine, my friend had an accident on a boat and I really needed it! Now I feel if I haven't got it then something bad will happen? Do any of you feel the same?
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@fliffy555 (1044)
6 May 07
I panic if I leave it in a different room to the one I am in. Once... I left it on the bus... Worst day of my life! Luckily one of my mates got on the bus as I got off and sat on the same seat (very bizarre) but he found it and brought it home for me. I think people in the uk are more OH MY GOD about their mobiles than any other country... I personally need my phone on me... once I didnt have a house phone and my mum went into hospital... If I didnt have my mobile I wouldnt have known until family came to see me. I NEED my mobile lol.... Ive had one since I turned 10 I think... so all of my adult life I have had a mobile and they always get better each new one i get. hehe.... my fella says he is the same... he needs his mobile on him 24/7 to basically feel complete. they are like extra limbs for us.
@Bizziebod (3497)
7 May 07
I think I'm going to have to agree with you that us here in the UK are relying on them more than most countries. I was in my 20 before I had a mobile, but I can't remember what I did before hand! Thanks for your response!
@fliffy555 (1044)
7 May 07
your welcome! i cant remember what i did before i had a mobile either... that part of my life seems to be non existant. he he he
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• India
3 Jun 07
Hi do feel lost without my mobile. I won't be able to remember numbers.Mobile for me is a convinience.
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@Bizziebod (3497)
4 Jun 07
I think in this day and age, mobile's are just as important as taking your wallet and purse out with you! Thanks for responding!
@miamilady (4910)
• United States
28 May 07
I don't panic. My husband used to get all bent out of shape about it. I think he's gotten over it. When I forget, I'm only bothered if I need to call someone or by the fact that my kids would not be able to reach me from school if they needed me. Usually when I realize that I'm missing my phone, if my kids are not with me, I got right home and get it. If I have my kids with me, then I don't expect to miss any urgent calls and I'm not bothered.
@Bizziebod (3497)
2 Jun 07
Thanks for your response, it is handy having your mobile handy when your kids are not by your side!
@katkat3 (425)
25 May 07
Yes definately... I've left my phone at home before when I've gone to work and gone back to get it (I do only live 10 min from work!) But I sit there and think I'm gonna miss an important call.... so I do feel really lost without my mobile phone! :0)
@Bizziebod (3497)
26 May 07
I think the rest of us feel the same as you! Thanks for responding!
• India
2 Jun 07
i dont panic but i feel i m missing something important and this is keep coming in my mind throught the day.and the most irritating thing is i need to call my college friends to wait for me as there is no cellphone with me to give them a miss call.
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@Bizziebod (3497)
4 Jun 07
Thanks for responding - I can relate to that feeling!
• Philippines
2 Jun 07
yes!! I panic a lot!! I can't live without my handy phone! Both of use exactly feel the same way about it.
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@Bizziebod (3497)
4 Jun 07
Thanks for responding - Know how you feel!
@cuttyrish (2667)
• United States
7 May 07
i alwaystend to forget my phone, always actually at home or even forgot that i brought it, i dont panic if i dont have my cellphone with me, i can leave without it. With or without it everything is fine with me, no big deal. Sometimes it just stays on my pocket or my bag. I dont use it that much, i use it for important matters only.
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@Bizziebod (3497)
8 May 07
There's a couple of people I know who like you, don't really care whether they've got one with them or not! I drive long distances and on my own alot of the time, so I do feel I need it with me! Thanks for your response!
@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
8 May 07
I feel naked without mine- I have forgotten it a couple of times at home when I left for work- It makes the day drag on. I like mine because my daughter can reach me at any time. She is 10 and we have the family plan! I think when you get so used to something and you forget it- it stinks! You never know when there will be an emergency!
@healwell (1268)
• Ahmedabad, India
8 May 07
No, why to panic? Do you feel so? I think this is one tool of communication with family and friends! That's all! If forget at home its ok to me! When cellphones were not there, when telephone was also not at my home; our communication was running accordingly! So if right now also you take away phone and cellphone I can adgust myself with that easily! Do you think that I am highlighting wrong thing? Or saying wrong thing? Please, dont think so I mean what I say, OK?
@Bizziebod (3497)
8 May 07
No healwell I totally understand what you are saying, don't worry I won't take offense! I think mine stems from the time that my friend had an accident while we were out boating, it was pretty serious, but I didn't have my phone with me to call the emergency services. Something else bad happened when I didn't have my phone with me too, but can't remember what it was lol So I think my anxiousness stems from these two incidents! Thanks for your invaluable input!
7 May 07
To be honest I always felt that my mobile was a necessary evil. I do freak when I don't have it with me, it contains all my friends numbers, some addresses and dates. I always need to have the phone with me, especially when I am out driving somewhere, and on the odd occasion I have forgetten my phone, I have gone running home again to pick it up. Whatever did we do before these things were invented - lol
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@Bizziebod (3497)
8 May 07
I know, I lived for 20 odd years without one, and in the when I lived in the middle of no-where! Now I can't drive the 6 miles to work without my blimmin phone! Yes you're right they are a necessary evil! Thanks for responding!
• India
8 May 07
i dont forget to carry my mobile. even if i forgot it would be safely ringing at my house unattended leaving missed calls. so i can ring back to those important ones after reaching home.
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@Bizziebod (3497)
9 May 07
That's a fair comment! Thanks for your response!
@eipril (401)
• Philippines
13 May 07
uhmm only if i really need to bring it ,,but if it's not necessary to bring my cell phone ,.i don't feel lost .,actually i don't bring my cellphone when i'm going out ..
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@Bizziebod (3497)
23 May 07
Thanks for your response! It's nice to know there are still people out there that don't feel the need to carry their phones around them.
@Gorgeous24 (1091)
• United States
13 May 07
I do feel like if I leave my cell phone at home that something bad is gonna happen. The whole purpose I got a cell phone was for in case of emergencies but one time I left my cell home so I had to drive all the way back to get it jus in case something did happen that was bad...I had it for so many years now that its apart of my everyday life so when I dont have it near me I do panic.
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@Bizziebod (3497)
23 May 07
I know that feeling! Thanks for responding!
@SmokePiff (436)
• United States
13 May 07
i don't leave my phone behind lol only time its not in my hand or pocket is when im in the shower
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@Bizziebod (3497)
23 May 07
You mean you don't have a waterproof earpiece for the shower.. oh just me then.. just joking! Thanks for your response!
@calvin222 (1606)
• India
6 May 07
I dont have a problem leaving mine. but my daughter goes into a panic if she leaves hers for even 5 minutes.
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@Bizziebod (3497)
7 May 07
I think it's away of life for kids today, they've been brought up with these things, for us older ones - we did survive (somehow) without them lol! Thanks for your response!
• United States
7 May 07
I worry that my car will break down or I will get into a car accident if I forget my cell phone at home. I don't know why, but I do. I thikn part of it is my paranoia and anxiety issues.
@Bizziebod (3497)
7 May 07
I think it's quite normal to panic when I forget mine, especially when you've had an incident when you've forgot your mobile and you really needed it! Thanks for your response!
6 May 07
For the first time in ages I left my phone at home when I went to Uni and I felt quite a panic come on as I have not memorised my partners or kids mobile numbers and our landline phone is never plugged in due to the internet always being on. I must admit I felt quite vunerable and had to stop thinking something could happen to me and I would not be able to contact anyone. I do believe in fate and I was thinking, this is fate, leaving my phone at home means something will happen, but nothing did, so I am just paranoid and need some rescue remedy!!LOL I wonder if there are any groups I could go to for therapy on detachment from a mobile phone??
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@Bizziebod (3497)
7 May 07
Lol I'm sure there is and I feel the same as you, because of this one incident when I was out boating with friends! Thanks for the comment!
@chingwes (103)
• Philippines
6 May 07
yeah... sound crazy but now a days cellphone is really important to most of us it's like your walking bare if you go out without it it's a must have in your everyday living...
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@Bizziebod (3497)
7 May 07
Well if you had told me 25 years ago I would depend on a phone you actually carry round with you, then I would have definately said yes you are crazy, but nowadays it's more like the norm! Thanks for your response!
@castleghost (1304)
• United States
6 May 07
I wouldn't say that I panic when I forget my cell phone at home. It does cause me some worry because I don't have a good meomory to remember phone numbers. If I don't have my cell phone I won't be able to contact anyone in case of an emergency.
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@Bizziebod (3497)
7 May 07
That's true too, there's a couple of times when I've needed numbers of my friends when I've forgotten my mobile and haven't got a clue what their numbers are!
@hollowheart (1572)
• India
7 May 07
Oh my God, thats too panicky situation. Suddenly u feel u lost it and all the number s and official info that u have stored is gone. But luckily everytime i find it at home.
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@Bizziebod (3497)
7 May 07
It's a warning to all of us to make a note of the numbers that we have stored in our mobiles, I haven't gone through mine in awhile and should really think about writing down the numbers again! Thanks for your response!