Do you feel empty without your phone?

United States
April 16, 2009 4:29am CST
Today I didn't have my phone and I just get this empty feeling. For one my pocket feels empty. I am always going in it to get my phone to answer a call, send a text message and even use it as my phone. Without it today I felt no connection to the world. I didn't know anything I felt. I didn't even know the time. It was hard. My phone is like apart of me I would say. I am not on it too much, but I feel it is apart of me. Sometime you wish you didn't have it, but when that day comes along you feel all lonely. I can see why parents take phones away sometime. I think that could actually work. It is a crazy punishment. Well I know I will make sure I always charge my phone now so I have it, but do any of you feel like your phone is apart of you? Do you ever feel empty without it?
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36 responses
• Singapore
20 Apr 09
Hi mattsamuelw, Sure I do! I think the phone is like a connection to civilization - to possible help or whatever. Even though I seldom use the phone to call or even sms (so all my free talk time and sms go largely unused each month), I still like to have it around... just in case for whatever use I might make of it. Cheers!
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@vishwaskg (514)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi there ... Yes i do feel a lot empty without my mobile.Last time i felt it was ,when i had given my mobile which is Nokia N73 for servicing and it took them nearly 2 months to make it allright.Though they had given me a stand by phone ,it still made me feel bad for the first 1 week,but later i got used to it ..the feeling of emptyness. Anyways when i got my cell back it was really awesome and later i had great time with it .... Cheers !!!!
• United States
16 Apr 09
Thanks for the reply and I know exactly how you feel. I am up for a new phone here soon and need one, but you have an attachment to your phone. It really is apart of you. Your phone is your phone. There isn't replacing it. You do get use to a new phone after awhile but for that first little bit you feel empty I know.
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
18 Apr 09
I do not feel empty without my phone. I feel lost and handicapped especially when I need the phone it was not there. My phone has also replaced my watch and it is sort of inconvenient if the phone is not around. I have no problem not receiving sms and calls :p
@robert19ph (4577)
• Philippines
22 Apr 09
[i]Hello mattsamuelw, I feel lighter if I don't have my cellphone. I am not very much attach to my cellphone so it's just ok if I left it. I don't think there is something to happen when I have it or not. It just a normal day for me. I think you need to lessened your dependency on cellphone. Regards.[/i]
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
5 Jun 09
Yes i feel empty without my phone.I cannot call my friends without the phone and have to locate the nearest public call office.Once i left home in a hurry and forgot the phone.I felt very sad about it.Uptill now i have never lost my phone so i'm always happy about it.I mostly use the phone for listening to music and playing games.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
19 Apr 09
I feel at a significant inconvenience without it. I often need it for one reason or another and if I have to go all the way home for it I will be late to a destination or have to change my plans to accomodate the trip. I may need to make a call on the way to an appointment or someone I am meeting may need to reach me and the communication can be important.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
18 Apr 09
Hello mattsamuelw. I don't feel empty at all without my phone. I usually turn it on during working days, but I turn it off during my days off because I hate to be bothered when it is my own time to allocate. These days I am having a rest at home and I do not turn it on. I turn it on before going to bed at night to see who has called me or sent me some messages. lol.
18 Apr 09
Yes cell phone has become a part and parcel of our life.It is true without it life would be bare -I mean no contacts with anyone on earth except your neighbours -cut off from all our relations ,friends our children etcetra.It is a very useful instrument for informing the important things like arrival or such similar things.At the same time it is a sort of way through which we can speak to our relations and friends and know their whereabouts.For me both my children are married but not a day passes without speaking to them and their spouses.They tell me all their day to day life including their ups and downs and I also do the same .Certainly cell phone is a wonderful boon to everyone .I profoundly thank the inventor.
@sawatzky (69)
• Canada
17 Apr 09
No, I feel empty without my iPod-Touch and camera. I can forget about the phone and not feel it too much!
@sandymay48 (2030)
• Canada
17 Apr 09
It is really strange how attached we become to things, and cell phones in particular. I only carry mine in case of emergencies, seldom using it at all. I will use it if Im out and see something that maybe someone would want and I might give them a quick call. I may use it to call another store if Im looking for a particular item while out shopping. I will definately use it if my car breaks down which was the main reason I originally bought it. Now if I go out, and dont have my phone, I get this eerie feeling, what If my car breaks down? It really makes me nervous til I get where I am going. FUnny how we come to depend on something so much. Even though it just sits in my purse, most of the time, at least I know its there if I need it.
@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
18 Apr 09
I hope I'm making sense when I say this but I feel like my phone is a part of me somewhat. What I mean is, I don't feel empty without it. I guess the reason is because I remember how we made out before there was any such thing as a cellphone. I used to be bad to forget mine before I went anywhere. However, I'm trying to do better about having it with me at all times. They really come in handy when you have an emergency such as car trouble. I have had a lot of that these days! Also, I ride horseback a lot. My cellphone really came in handy the last time I got thrown, which was in 1998. Before cellphones, I used to wonder how I would get in touch with my family or the ambulance if I got thrown and I was quite a distance from the house and couldn't walk. Cellphones are a godsend! Kathy.
@helensui (19)
• China
18 Apr 09
I once had the same experience and feeling with you. It seems that cellphone has become part of our life nowsdays with the tele-comminucation develops so fast,and we can't go without it. we can't deny that cellphone is the most important and convenient way for modern people to keep cantact with each other. whenever there is an emergency,the first thing pop into our mind is to call someone,either your friends and family or the police 110 or the ambulance 120 or the fireman's 119(in China). cellphone is am important way of connection with our friends and family and colleague and client and etc.
@sameta (6)
• India
17 Apr 09
yes it is true that now adays we all feel empty wothout a phone as it become a part of our life ........ as we go out answer a phone , send messages etc playing on phone hearing songs which we like etc ...so pjone is become most essential ..we feel empy without the phone
• India
17 Apr 09
Well I don't use my phone much except to talk and sms but I do feel myself incomplete without it. Whenever my pocket is empty I assume that I may have dropped my cellphone somewhere. But I am not addicted to phone much. I am a bit more addicted to my pc. It is good for you someone whose parents take away phones from their children.It makes them more concentrated on their studies and make them good citizens.
@chimrani (1426)
• India
17 Apr 09
No, i don't feel empty without my phone because i don't use it more.But i feel empty with out computer and internet.
@rainwater (352)
• China
17 Apr 09
I feel empty too,I think use phone is a habit.Best wishes.
@Reyah23 (640)
• Philippines
17 Apr 09
I do feel empty when my phone is not with me. Maybe i am use to bring it where ever i go. Once i forgot to bring it and i feel not at ease. All i am thinking is to go home to get my phone.
@jshekhar (1562)
• India
17 Apr 09
Hello Matts! Yes, I do feel empty without my phone. In fact, I got so used to my phone over the last three years that at present, when it is at the repair shop and I am using another model, I am still feeling empty. It was due to be delivered to me today and I really hope that they deliver it today itself. It has been about a fortnight without it!
@pink_lady (361)
• Philippines
17 Apr 09
yes, I feel empty without my cellphone. It is a very important thing for me. It is one of the things that i cant live without. Nowadays, cellphone is one of the necessities in our everyday living. It is a very useful tool of communication especially during emergency. Whenever I feel that I dont have my phone i feel very eager to look for it anywhere or when i left it at home, i will make a way just to get back and get it. That's how important cellphone for me.
@mymaria (379)
• Philippines
17 Apr 09
Yes, for me its empty without my cellphone. I feel boring without any txt from my friends and loveones and family. Cellphone is necessary for me whole my life. very useful