FoMO, sounds familiar?

Do you have a facebook? Do you follow the news? Do you always have to stay up to date with everything? If so, it's likely possible you have a FOMO, but you can ask: what does it mean? Fear of missing out is "a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent". In short, you feel weird and unsure when your wi-fi is off and you therefore can't get messages and notifications from people who might inform you about something, who might "need your help"... Every excuse is good in order to check "the wall" or the notification bar.
"A psychological dependence to being online could result in anxiety when one feels disconnected, thereby leading to a fear of missing out or evenpathological Internet use. As a consequence, FOMO is perceived to have negative influences on people's psychological health and well-being because it could contribute to people's negative mood and depressed feelings."

But do you really consider it as a problem? As something that you should get rid of? How much does FOMO influence everyday human life?
As an user and an observator I have to admit: FoMO is very common. Most of my friends really often complain about being easly distracted. This is something our grandparents simply don't understand. They live here and now, but we, new generation, live in two dimentions at the same time - the real and the online one. We have this constant urge to check our smartphones, our brain is continuously occupied, it's bombarded with different stimuli. At the same time we have to choose what is more and less important for us. But hey! it's a hell of a job! No wonder our life is different, no wonder we think and behave differently than our ancestors.
What can we do to avoid the feeling of FoMO? The most important is to realize that we don't have to (and actually can't) control everything, that we should allow ourselves to be present and learn how to leave something behind.