No—I just have chronic FOMO: “fear of missing out.” I feel deeply haunted by the thought that if I don’t go to the party or the dinner or the coffee stroll, my one wild and precious life ...

In an age where FOMO (fear of missing out) dominates our social consciousness, a new form of anxiety has emerged that affects ...

After one woman in each friendship had a baby, the likelihood that her friends would also have babies massively went up. Many mechanisms may explain the pregnancy contagion. The social influence ...

Think of FOMO – fear of missing out – and you might think of missing the concert of the year, an epic party or a big family gathering. But research published recently in the Journal of Personality and ...

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We’ve all heard the term FOMO before, but have you ever stopped to wonder why we fear missing out? Here, an expert explains why we get FOMO, and how we can get it under control. If you don’t ...