With the growing trend of smartphones, It is often common that even in relationships it becomes a distraction rather than a support. It is quite annoying and rude when your partner pays more attention to their phone than you on a date or in fact, all the time? Due to the rise of nomophobia (the fear of being without your phone) and smartphone addiction, this kind of behavior has become all too common among couple: leading to your own phone becoming a relationship killer.
Symptoms of addiction
1)Feeling ignored: Talking to them is like talking to a wall as they are so zoned out in their phone that they ignore you. And it’s not like they purposely do it, it’s just the extent of their Smartphone addiction.
2)Getting easily distracted: It’s tough to get someones attention as they are always and easily distracted with a small ping on their phones and they can’t properly pay attention to someone. As a result, intimacy in the relationship suffers.
3) Getting anxious without their phone: Someone people are Without their phone, they are like a fish without water, they get anxious.
3 ways to deal with the problem
1)A non-confrontational conversation: “By being confrontational or judgmental towards a partner, you will worsen the situation”, Empathize and try to make them self-aware about how their Smartphone addiction is ruining the relationship.
2)Create a gadget-free zone and time: Addiction doesn’t go away in an instant, it takes time. “Therefore, creating gadget-free zones in the house and gadget-free time, where you and your partner converse in the absence of cell phone is imperative”
3) Get help: “If the above two don’t help when your partner has got a serious problem and needs professional help”,
