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Haunted by Notifications

By: David Werdiger
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Oct 2
1 min read

Ever reached for your phone because you felt a “buzz”… only to find nothing there?

That’s PVS: phantom vibration syndrome.

Doctors have actually named a condition tied to our phone use.

The benefits of technology are real, but so are the unintended consequences.

Here’s one simple practice:

Put your phone away for just one hour, once a week.

Switch it off. Sit with the silence.

Notice how it feels.

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