notice what does not belong to you that is holding you back and eliminate it from your life do not let it slow you down the following tasks help me each and every time i would like to conquer my fears how to let go of your fears in five steps all joking aside id say that i spend an exceptional amount of time thinking about what it means to be an adult at 26 i wrestle with this notion constantly sometimes what feels like every moment of every day i suppose id call myself an adult essentially the term nomophobia is a mashup of no mobile phone phobia the term originated in 2008 in conjunction with a study commissioned by the british postal service perhaps fearing that smartphones were putting them out of business nomophobia something new to worry about not