Recent research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology may have cracked the mystery of FOMO. The pain people feel when they miss out on an event may not be due to the event itself…but due to missing out on interactions with people. A group dinner or concert with friends may not be about the food or the music, but the social opportunity. If friends bond without you, this could trigger insecurity over if they will invite you out in the future. “We find that people anticipate FOMO even for unenjoyable missed events,” study authors wrote. “As long as there is some form of missed social bonding, feelings of FOMO emerge.” (AOL)
Phone Topic: What event did you miss out on where everyone else bonded?