At present, we are very immersed in the virtual world thanks to all the benefits that the use of technology gives us. This situation deepened after the arrival of social networks since, in this context we are given the opportunity to enjoy without limit the interaction with people who are located in a latitude very distant to ours.
Now, in the digital boom that we are enjoying, you have been given the opportunity to open the door to a new syndrome which, each day is strengthened and worries the specialists of mental health because, the consequences are not very pleasant when We do not have control of the situation.
This new syndrome has been named Fear of Missing Out, better known for its acronyms, which are: Fomo. According to the specialists, although little has been talked about it, who have heard it or investigated, think that it is new, however, this syndrome was born parallel to social networks because several People began to develop the characteristics of the Fomo.
What are the characteristics of a person with the Fomo syndrome?
The first characteristic of this disorder can be observed when, a person is afraid of being excluded or in the defect of it, missing something that is interacting through the virtual world. For someone with home, it is unacceptable to get lost from the fun that can be developing between friends or family members who are holding a conversation in social networks or a private communication channel (whatsapp or telegram).
This means that, the Fomo causes the person with this disorder a need to have to be connected to the virtual world because, be out of this context, develops anxiety. It should be noted that, within the classifications that anxiety disorder has, the Fomo is representing the new face that this disease has.
Although this disorder was developed by the creation of social networks, the cell phone has been the duct to channel this addiction since, for the person who is suffering from the pour, in his mind the alert is activated to have to be aware of all the Updates that have your contacts in social networks and if you do not have access to the phone, fear is developed because you are being lost from virtual events that are only important in your mind.
The main objective of this syndrome is to get the person to be connected to the virtual world throughout the day. Various studies affirm that, the disorder of the Fomo must be analyzed and treated by psychologists, sociologists and medical medical doctors because whoever suffers it, develops symptoms that involve all these areas of health.
The enjoyment must be all equally
To detect if we are victims of the Fomo, we can apply the following exercise: If we are at home enjoying a quiet moment while we read, we talked with someone who is accompanying us, drinking coffee or fixing something; We enter our social networks, we see that someone known is enjoying a group of people who know and we are the only ones that we are not there. Now, if this situation makes us feel anguish and exclusion, unfortunately the Fomo syndrome already made us its victim.
It should be noted that, all at a precise moment we can have a similar feeling because, wanting to be part of something special is not bad, in fact, it is a normal feeling. However, if our physical and mental tranquility breaks to have seen that we are not part of that moment, it is necessary that we seek specialized help because we are suffering from the syndrome in silence and this is a great problem that should act quickly.
In the virtual world, 85% of the things we see, only show a good look of life. It is almost always projected that people have a perfect life and this situation, it makes some feel overwhelmed by seeing that their reality is not like someone else is exposing, being this other symptom of Fome.
It is important to note that, the overwhelming that it feels not to have the perfect life of another person is part of a conviction of classical consumerism to which you want to aspire to, have what others person have and apparently makes it happy, it is translated into That will also be the happiness of who feels overwhelms.
Is the Fomo syndrome sharpened as technology progresses?
The feeling of fear has always existed because it represents one of the physiological needs of the human being. However, thanks to cellular cell phones and social networks, this feeling has distorted because the person who has the disorder of the fomo, feels fear and need to belong at all costs to the parallel world that is being formed in his mind.
Socializing is part of an essential performance in people, however, the fomo makes someone lose the identity of it and only attaches to a virtual situation; Fact that affects the self-esteem of those who have this syndrome and the unreal world that exists in social networks, are a fundamental factor for this problem.
Finally, technology has allowed us to connect with many people. It has been a reunion and knowledge channel however, the gratitude we can have with this advance makes us a perfect target to develop the Fomo syndrome. So that the situation does not come out of control, we will evaluate what so much anxiety we feel when we feel that we are losing from a moment because this is not correct.