Phantom vibration syndrome. Suppose you went to take a bath, and the mobile phone rang in your room before half pouring the bucket of water. You came running half wet and saw that no one called you. He avoided the whole incident on the first day, thinking it was a mistake. But again just two days later maybe while driving, the FM is playing at low volume, suddenly it seems that everyone is fine at home? And immediately the phone vibrated. He took the phone and saw that there was no call. Couldn’t help thinking that even if you can clearly feel the phone’s ringtone or vibration, why didn’t any call come? Is it a joke? Or ghostly?
In medical terms, this false sensation is called ‘phantom vibration syndrome.’ Before calling it a syndrome, it’s good to know that it’s a type of acquired hallucination, rooted in our only digital pet smartphone, anxiety and depression.
Most of the time we are connected to social media for a long time due to work or leisure. Over the last 5-6 years I have become very dependent on mobile phones. Sometimes it is also seen that the ringtone of a loved one is kept separate from the rest of the ringtones to be understood from inside the pocket. Waiting by the clock since morning for any urgent news or parcel delivery. In just such a situation, you drop your phone and go to the kitchen, or go to the bath. And at that moment your subconscious mind became conscious thinking that you might get a phone call soon. And it is this anticipation and anxiety that excites the sensitive parts of our brain. As a result, we cannot distinguish the sound of our mobile phone from the myriad auditory frequencies around us.
The frequency range of 1000 to 6000 Hz is the most sensitive auditory frequency for humans. And the frequency of most mobile ringtones is within the same range. So when the same frequency reaches the human brain mixed with many noises, the brain cannot distinguish where it actually originates from. And just then clearly the ringtone or vibration of our own phone rings or is felt in our ears. Sometimes this syndrome is also called hypovibochondria and ring-zite.
From bank account to share market, shop to market, food to news, entertainment or money making, horoscope to business, smartphone is the weapon to handle so many things. Stop eating and drinking while waiting for an important notification or social response and look at the phone repeatedly. Taking out the phone minute by minute to check the details. The tendency to always charge the phone battery at 100% is unknowingly digitally modifying the normal function of our brain. Obsessive compulsive disorder is similar to checking the same thing over and over again, which is similar to washing hands with soap, checking the wallet every now and then and counting money.
Since becoming dependent on digital technology, the normal human brain function has been greatly enhanced and adapted. Along with additional tech-dependency comes one or more side effects. The only way to protect yourself from this symptom is to use as many smart devices as you need. Reading books-newspapers etc., getting out of digital chats and engaging in traditional healthy chats. Only then will the strange symptoms subside.
The terrible fear of being away from a mobile phone or being without a mobile phone is called ‘nomophobia’. So if you can’t stay away from mobile completely, delete all unnecessary applications and refrain from involving yourself too much in social media. Instead, planting flowers at home, visiting the local library, making exercise a daily routine, and making small creative work habits will increase mental capacity. But if there is an uncontrollable attraction to the mobile phone due to mental depression, as a result of which the sound of the phone, the sound of the message etc. seems to be ringing at times, then one should try to understand the whole phenomenon with time. Although there is no cure or treatment for this syndrome, a systematic solution to this problem is possible with the advice of an experienced psychiatrist.
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