How to deal with social FOMO?
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Is FOMO an autistic trait?
Lloyd Abshire
2025-08-07 23:12:51
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FOMO, or the fear of missing out, has become a popular term in American culture. The phrase is regularly referenced and was defined in a recent study as a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent. FOMO is characterized by the desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing.
A study by NCBI has suggested that children with attention issues such as ADHD are especially vulnerable to the risks of excessive mobile usage, including FOMO.
Children with attention problems often have both an abundance of attention and a wandering of attention.
They find mobile devices and social media even more consuming than typical adolescents, and it is especially challenging for them to shift their attention to something else.
For these children, FOMO can increase dramatically, leading to an increase in ADHD symptoms, depression, unhappiness, and even aggression.
Girls with attention issues report an increase in symptoms of depression, and boys report more aggression when they are continually fed images on social media.
Lurline Beier
2025-07-31 01:59:49
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I am autistic as well as my son and my best friends partner. We all 3 have a lot in common. I’ve always been very sensitive to being left out of things. I left my old friend group because they all had a party and didn’t invite me. My son is the same way. I once took a trip without him and he cried. My friend says her partner is the same way. She finds it easy to not feel upset when not invited to things and never feels left out in social situations, but it’s always been a struggle for me.
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Edwina Bergnaum
2025-07-23 17:03:35
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It's full of bear pits and dead ends but we walk it without thought for ourselves but focus on our kids, what they need & what will help them. The emotional turmoil is real & I cannot deny that there is a strong sense of loss, emotional, mental, physical hardships & FOMO. Why FOMO. This is not the parenting journey we thought we were going to have ... it doesn't say we don't love our kids or that we want to change them, it just means we need to take our rose coloured glasses off and see our parenting journey for what it is.