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The Phantom Pocket: Why Phone-Free Days Feel Like Physical Loss

I tried to have a phone-free day but kept reaching into empty pockets like an amputee touching phantom limbs.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital habits create bodily expectations that persist even when the mind chooses differently.

Ideas that help explain it
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