We check our phones 34 times a day and often take it to the loo with us.
2008 survey saw 53 per cent of us admit to the phobia.
Fear include losing reception, running out of battery, and losing sight of your phone.

Maybe it is wrong to call this a phobia.
For a phobia is generally an 'irrational fear',
and that pang of anxiety when you are without
your mobile in this brave new connected world
is perhaps an understandable feeling.
But either way, for 66 per cent of us, being
with your phone at all times is an obsession
that occupies every waking minute.
If you think you may suffer from nomophobia -
or 'no mobile phone phobia' - then the warning
signs are:
An inability to ever turn your phone off
Obsessively checking for missed calls, emails
and texts

Constantly topping up your battery life

Being unable to pop to the bathroom without
taking your phone in with you.
The number of people afflicted with
nomophobia was revealed in a study by
SecurEnvoy, and shows a rise from a similar
study four years ago, where 53 per cent of
people admitted the fear of losing their phone.
In the latest study, of the 1,000 people
surveyed in the UK, 66 percent said they felt
the fear.
Young adults - aged between 18 and 24 -
tended to be the most addicted to their
mobile phones, with 77 per cent unable to stay
apart for more than a few minutes, and those
aged 25 to 34 followed at 68 per cent.
That number is up from a similar study four
years ago, where 53 percent of the people admitted to the phobia.

The study showed that people on average
check their phone 34 times a day, and 75 per
cent of us use the phone in the bathroom - with many people saying it is the modern equivalent of the newspaper.
Andy Kemshall, co-founder of SecurEnvoy,
said: 'The first study into nomophobia,
conducted four years ago, revealed that 53
per cent of people suffered from the
condition and our study reveals this has now
risen to 66 per cent in the UK and shows no
sign of abating.
'A reversal on the 2008 findings is that, back
then, it was men that were more afflicted yet
today it's women.

THE BIG RISKS - AND HOW TO DEAL
WITH THEM
The loss or theft of your phone
- Carry your mobile phone out of view in a
buttoned or zipped pocket or section of your
bag
- Avoid putting your mobile down in public
places
- Regularly create a back up of your address
book on a spare mobile phone, SIM card or
computer
Battery Failure
- Make sure you charge your battery before
you leave the house
- Keep a spare battery charger at work
- Buy a spare battery as a back up
Running out of credit
- On pay-as-you go phones, check your balance
and top up your phone regularly
Losing reception
- Ensure your voicemail is personalised so that
contacts know they have the right person
Keeping in contact while traveling abroad
- Before traveling check with your provider to
make sure that you can send and receive calls
while abroad (and watch out for the
extortionate internet data costs!)