Nov 16th: How do you beat FOMO?

Original post by OvergrownMoose

What on earth is FOMO? #Moooose

Fear of missing out

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Rum Ham

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Original post by OvergrownMoose

What on earth is FOMO? #Moooose

Stands for fear of missing out.

Or at least that's what I've always known FOMO to mean :teehee:

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OvergrownMoose

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Original post by citibankrec

Fear of missing out

Original post by Spock's Socks

Stands for fear of missing out.

Or at least that's what I've always known FOMO to mean :teehee:

Ah okay thanks haha! I thought it was like the female equivalent of homo :lol:

#Moooose

Reply 6

z33

nah i love it - i wanna know all the details and overreact to all of them :colone:

Reply 7

citibankrec

Original post by OvergrownMoose

Ah okay thanks haha! I thought it was like the female equivalent of homo :lol:

#Moooose

NP #Moooose

Reply 8

username1214455

Pretty simple, just make your own decisions and do whatever you want to do...

Reply 9

Reality Check

FOMO...what is this, Infant School? And god knows why Radio 1 has posted this, seeing as the average age of its listeners is 32.

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 10

shawn_o1

Original post by Reality Check

FOMO...what is this, Infant School? And god knows why Radio 1 has posted this, seeing as the average age of its listeners is 32.

Wasn't that the case 7 years ago? Radio 1's controllers have had to adapt to trends to bring down the listening age. They should probably introduce another nationwide radio station if they're missing out on the demographic that's too old for R1 and too young for R2

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Reality Check

Original post by shawn_o1

Wasn't that the case 7 years ago? Radio 1's controllers have had to adapt to trends to bring down the listening age. They should probably introduce another nationwide radio station if they're missing out on the demographic that's too old for R1 and too young for R2

Absolutely! See this document if you're interested in radio (I am terribly):

http://www.radiocentre.org/files/appendix_a___bdrc_bbc_r1_r2_audience_research_website.pdf

This report was published in October 2014 and showed that the mean age of Radio 1 is actually 36. The constant chase for their preferred demographic never bears fruit and one has to wonder in a period of severe budgetary restraint at the BBC whether this chase is still appropriate.

Reply 12

jambojim97

Original post by OvergrownMoose

What on earth is FOMO? #Moooose

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Reply 13

Maths is Life

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Original post by BBC Radio 1

How do you beat FOMO?

Katie Thistleton sits in for Gemma on The Surgery this week to talk FOMO. It’s easy to worry about what you’re missing out on, but FOMO can cause serious anxiety.

Do you always wish you were somewhere better? Does social media make your FOMO worse? Or have you learned to be happy in the moment?

Join Katie and Dr Radha on Wednesday 16th November at 9pm for advice on how to get over your FOMO and be a bit less anxious.

Please note: you can post on this forum anonymously.

Missing out on what? A bit less anxious? Do be quiet.

Reply 14

Treblebee

Tbh I think I'm somebody who hates to miss an opportunity (and hence will go to everything I can lol), so I don't tend to experience FOMO that much. But if, for some reason, I can't go somewhere, I can be pretty disappointed. The way I often get over FOMO is by telling myself that what I'm doing currently is pretty good, anyway. Sometimes being sour grapes can help!

Reply 15

username2459871

I deal with it by eating my feelings and sleeping as much as I can, and then I remind myself that nothing in this world beats a wild night in.

Reply 16

scindapsus95

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To be honest, I think I go beyond the fear of missing out straight onto knowing I'm missing out. But that's because I live at home at the moment, post-uni, while my partner is at uni some distance away and so is still having some wild nights and a lot of fun - I find it hard not to compare social lives in that situation!

What other people are doing doesn't bother me - it's only really if it's people close to me and I happen to be doing nothing. What I find helps is going and doing something exciting if possible, and if not, completely avoiding social media until the event in question is over ... whether that's productive or not.

Reply 17

choleCcarknif3r

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Yeah, I used to worry about this all the time. Once I stopped using things like Snapchat and realised that people are only showing the best bits of themselves on most social media, I felt a bit better. Do I want to be going out every night and spending every penny I have on crap alcohol and takeaways? No

Reply 18

Kallisto