Do you suffer from Ringxiety?

If you don't, you probably know somebody who does. With Britain stuffed full of more mobile phones than people, connected members of the public are developing an increasing number of ways to fret about their handsets.

The result, say experts, is the telecommunications equivalent of phantom limb syndrome, where amputees still feel the sensations of a limb that isn't there any more.

Many of us will be familiar with the basest form of ringxiety - when one phone rings and everyone in the vicinity suddenly starts checking their pockets or handbags with frantic abandon. But some cases become far more complex: individuals have reported hearing their phone ring at concerts, or while driving.

I have no problem with this, I just generally ignore my mobile.