Textaholism

Textaholism is the extreme and/or pathological preocupation with habitual texting. A textaholic is commonly considered to be "someone Who Is Addicted To Texting And IMing".
While the term "textaholism" clearly implies a syndrome of destructive addiction, this is not always the case. Some individuals can indulge in extreme textaholism with no apparent destructive consequences, and can even drop the habit quite easily if and when another preocupation comes along to take its place. Other textaholics, however, have suffered significantly for their habit.
Overt signs of textaholism
There are several characteristic behaviors associated with textaholism, including the following:
*texting with someone who is in one's physical presence.
*strong unwillingness to cut back in spite of negative consequences of excessive texting.
*simultaneously texting while engaged in other routine activities, such as dining, driving, working, or attending school.
*false positives: some textaholics will sometimes mistakenly think they heard or felt a message come in.
*sending significantly more than 80 messages (the average amount) per day. There are a number of known cases of individuals who've sent well over 30,000 texts in a one month period.

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