This disturbing video shows a woman losing it after her phone dies on the subway
A Hong Kong woman was caught crying uncontrollably after her phone apparently died on the subway.
The original video was uploaded to Facebook by Akira Chan - it already has over 1.1 million views on the platform. We first saw the video on CNET. You can check it out below.
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Posted by Akira Chan on Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Though it's surprising to see this woman's meltdown last as long as it does - she hits her phone several times, and stomps her feet in frustration - you shouldn't laugh at her situation.
We don't know what else is going on in this woman's life, but if this woman is actually upset from her phone's battery dying, you should understand that smartphone addiction is a very real, albeit new thing.
Nomophobia isn't currently listed on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the book that's widely considered to be the ultimate authority on mental health. But many psychologists believe nomophobia should be added to the list.
"Mobile devices can have a dangerous impact on human health," Nicola Luigi Bragazzi and Giovanni Del Puente of the University of Genoa wrote in their DSM proposal. "Further research is needed, above all academic and scholarly studies, to investigate more in depth the psychological aspects of nomphobia and to provide a standardized and operational definition of it."
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