We've all gone a few hours, a day or maybe even a weekend without our cell phones, but what if you had to give it up for a year?

Do you panic when you get in the car and you get that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach? No, I'm not talking about the flu.  I'm talking about accidentally leaving your cell phone at your last location.  Do you become frantic?  Do you feel as if someone has cut off one of your hands?  

We've all gone through the scenario.  we wonder how we will make it not being able to scan Facebook, check our phone for missed calls and seeing if we received any new text messages.  According to a CNN story, here's some of the results from a recent study-

  • On average, study subjects checked phones 34 times a day out of habit or compulsion.
  • Once the brain gets used to positive feedback, reaching for the phone is automatic.
  • Urge to check lives in striatum, the brain area that governs habitual actions.
  • Habitually checking can also become a way to avoid interacting with people

So, so how long could you make it without your phone?

Modern touchscreen smartphone
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