{"id":3793,"date":"2011-08-22T10:19:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T10:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:58","slug":"used-cell-phones-cause-increase-in-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/used-cell-phones-cause-increase-in-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Used Cell Phones Cause Increase in Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/on-the-phone43.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1719\" title=\"on the phone43\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/on-the-phone43.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1719 lazyload\" title=\"on the phone43\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/on-the-phone43.gif\"><\/a>Americans love their new and old cell phones, with around eight out of ten people all having one, but a new study shows that the popular devices also increase stress in their users.&nbsp; The Pew Research Center has conducted a study that suggests that the use of the devices is bordering on addiction for many people, with over two thirds of cell phone users never even taking a break or even turning them off at any point in the day.<\/p>\n<p>David Ballard from the American Psychological Association says that even one or two hours with the cell phone turned off can help to reduce the stress level of the average cell phone user, \u201cwhether it\u2019s making the dinner table at a technology free zone, whether it\u2019s 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