www.wjpls.org 70 Naveed et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences TEXTAPHRENIA; TURMOIL FOR ADULTS *Safila Naveed 1 , Syeda Sarah Abbas 1, 2 , Fatima Qamar 1 , Zohra Barket Ali 1 , Sehrish Kiran 1 , Sania Zehra 1 1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for Women Karachi. 2 Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi. Article Received on 10/05/2015 Article Revised on 01/06/2015 Article Accepted on 24/06/2015 ABSTRACT Now a day’s texting via cell phone or use of cell phone is rapidly increasing in teens, youth and adults. According to a new research continuously texting may craft a mental disorder among teens, youth and adults. Textaphrenia is a thinking you've heard or felt a new text message vibration when there is no message yet. Consequently it’s very imperative to create awareness about this text bug in young adulthood in the form of this short report. KEYWORDS: Textaphrenia, text message vibration, text disease, mental disorder, teens and adults. INTRODUCTION Mobile phone is a comparatively a new technological device, versatile and useable, and very entertaining, particularly for young people, but whose service involves a likelihood of abuse and behavioral dependency. [1] Ownership and usage of mobile phone is now enormous and public interests have developed over possible pernicious physiological impacts of their use. Studies have also identified modern day disorders like Textaphrenia which is hearing that a text message has come when it actually hasn’t. Textiety which is the feeling of apprehensiveness of not receiving any text or not being able to send any, Post Traumatic Text Disorder which involves the physical and psychological injuries related to texting and Binge Texting which is the sending of multiple texts to feel good about oneself and to captivate responses. [2] wjpls, 2015, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 70-72 Research Article ISSN 2454-2229 World Journal of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences WJPLS www.wjpls.org *Correspondence for Author Dr. Safila Naveed Faculty of Pharmacy, Jinnah University for women Karachi. safila117@yahoo.com, syedasarahabbas@yahoo.com