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FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)

Overthink

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Is FOMO a Fear?

FOMO is a fear that maybe has a weird object and in fact, it's just built into the acronym FOMO. I think we could describe it as something else, something like a phobia rather than a fear. Even though we have talked about FOMO as something that we are thrown into by outside forces, it's important to realize. It is ultimately also an inner reality for the experiencing subject that opens up to psychological investigation.

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