Smartphone anxiety—the panic you feel when you’re without your device—is the latest psychology disorder we need to worry about. Or do we?
Melissa Fares (@faresmelissa) is a senior at Smith College majoring in psychology. She will be attending Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in the fall. Fares is the associate editor for Smith’s newspaper, The Sophian, and has her own blog titled Womankind. Her writing has also appeared in Newsweek & The Daily Beast, FinerMinds, India Times, The Dallas News, and more.
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