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1、CellphoneAddiction ZhanglipingLikeeverythingelse,toomuchofagoodthingcanbecomedamagingorevenaddictive.Cellphoneoveruseissuchanunhealthytendencythatwilleventuallyleadtocellphoneaddictionoranobsessive-compulsivedisorder(OCD),akindofdepressionandtheabnormalbehaviorofapersonwhotendstoperformrepe
2、titiveactsorrituals,usuallyasameansofreleasingtensionorrelievinganxiety. Cellphoneaddictionmightbeoneofthebiggestnon-drugaddictionsinthe21stcentury.Theaddictsfeelanxiouswithouttheircellphone.Astheyoungergenerationinparticularenjoysusingmobilephonestosendshortmessages(SMS)andphotographs,teenage
3、rsaremorelikelytosuccumbtotheaddiction.Oftentheaddictionisaccompaniedbyalossofcontrolwhenconfrontedwithspecialoffersofthelatestcellphones'models.Theaddictioncantotallyisolateitsvictims,ruinthemeconomicallyandeventurnthemintocriminals. CellphonetodayplaysanirreplaceableroleinthelifeofChinesepeop
4、le.However,manyofthemhavefallenvictimtotheaddiction,too.Theycouldneverdowithoutacellphone,ortheywouldfeelquiteuneasy.Theyliketoholdtheirsintheirhand,evenwhennoonecallsthemorsendsthemtextmessages.Iftheydonottaketheirsalongwiththem,theywillnotbeabletofocustheirattentiononanythingelseatall.Theywilldeve
5、lopasevereanxietyiftheyhavetoenteraplacewithnocoverage. Cellphoneaddictionisnotthatdifferentfromanyothertypeofaddiction,rangingfromdrugstocompulsiveshopping.However,severeOCDsmightcausephysicalsymptomslikeheartthrob.Itissuggestedthatthepatientsshouldseekhelpfrompsychologicaltherapists.Arecentst
6、udybytheQueenslandUniversityinAustraliadiscoveredwhatwe'vealreadyprettymuchknownfromseveralyearsofsmartphoneownership,whichisthatpeople'srelianceontheircellphonescanoftentaketheformofanaddiction.DianaJamesandhercolleaguesanalyzedthebehaviorofmobileowners45-and-underinsituationswheretheywereseparated
7、fromtheirphones,andfoundthatmanydisplayedthesamewithdrawalsymptomscommontosmoking,gambling,oreatingaddictions:lowerselfesteem,nervousness,andinsomecases,evendeepagitation.Besidesemotionalproblems,exce
