50. Phantom vibration syndrome: A severe threat to modern civilization
Abhisek Bardhan Student of Psychology, Singhania University Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India Email: abhisekbardhan18@gmail.com
Abstract: Phantom vibration syndrome (PVS) refers to the delusion that a smartphone or any other digital gadget has vibrated. It is the wrong perception of a mobile phone or technological device are vibrating when it is not, caused by the brains misinterpreting sensory signal due to excessive use of mobile device. It is a widespread phenomenon that can cause a havoc damage in perceptual identity formation and various kind of mental disorders like anxiety, feeling of burning out – missing out something, leading to the damage of societal relationship. It is most often associated with the smart phones. It is one kind of sensory hallucination caused by the brain of excessive use of smartphones. Phantom vibration syndrome is a psychological reaction of and excessive smartphone dependency, which is called no mobile phobia or nomo phobia. It has been described as a tactile hallucination as the brain perceives the vibration which is not at all.
