Anyone who knows me well will know that I have one gigantic flaw. I never charge my cell phone. Ever.
like 70% of the time you will not be able to reach me because I don't have the phone with me or it isn't charged.
As a psych student I can't help but wonder the underlying causes for this very annoying behavior.
Frued would probably say it is an unconscious defense mechanism. My id ( aka primitive instinct) wants to flee the stressors of grad school. My superego ( aka super conscious) knows that I have to conform to society and stay always acessible by keeping a cell phone with me. Therefore resulting in my ego's compromise of keeping the cell phone but convienantly forgetting to charge it.
Or behaviorists would say I'm negatively reinforced to not have my cell phone with me. When my cell phone is on, people can contact me, reminding me of how I've been horribly out of touch with dear friends, running late, or forgetting to do or be somewhere. By removing the phone, i remove the "punishment" of feeling more stressed.
My theory is that I'm tired, forgetful, and its really really hard to get my charger plugged into my phone so i avoid it at all costs.
But this is a habit that I am determined to break. As silly as it is I realize it is terribly inconvienant for myself and others that I am rarely in possession of a fully charged phone.
Luckily, as I wean myself back onto the cell phone, google has an excellent back up plan. I'm pretty sure they designed it just for me as I have gchatted my good friend Nefret many a time to call Nate to pick me up at various locations when I realize my phone has no charge.
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