Signs you are addicted to your phone

Do you have the urge to check every notification? (Photo: iStock)

Most of the time when we talk about addiction the focus is on issues like drug use, alcoholism or even sex addiction. Thankfully with these major problems, we have access to therapy plans which have in turn helped millions of people overcome these struggles.

But then what happens when the addiction is something a little more acceptable like phone addiction? A lot of us have this silent struggle but because it's not considered to be as harmful as other types of addictions, it's not taken that seriously.