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A desire to stay socially connected and getting acquainted with the everyday hang outs of individuals has led to a severe form of social anxiety, giving birth to FoMo. A sort of apprehension that is produced as a result of the fear of missing out in terms of social activities and happenings. This type of mood crafts angst among personalities which is characterized by the urge to stay associated and involved in the everyday happening of life.

Considered in terms of social anxiety, FoMo can highlight itself by entangling an individual in the web of constant fears, leading them to have a feeling of not in-the-know. But experts have scraped out another dimension to the aspect, claiming that FoMo does lead to harm linked with alcohol.

The study, considered as one of its kind, involved two separate experiments incorporating 432 students. With the help of psychometric tests, participants were analyzed on the basis of their FoMo levels and each of them were supposed to answer questions in alcohol effect. The first test comprised the alcohol consumption level for 30 days and in the second test, participants were asked to answer questions according to their alcohol consumption for 14 days. Following the psychometric test, the participants were also asked to mention their wonky state of mind when they were exposed to situations including FoMo, such as when they missed out on a party and were not hanging out with their friends.

Jayde Flett, a PhD student and the study's co-author
claimed that the fallouts indicated individual's achieves and whose scores remained high during the test had twice as many negative alcohol related effects compared to those whose score was lower on the test.

Further backing the statement, Daily Mail quotes, 'In both studies, participants higher in FoMo were more likely to have reported "feeling badly about myself", having "said embarrassing things", or "done impulsive things that (they) later regretted" when drinking,' she said.

'Additionally, they were more likely to have had "less energy", "had a hangover", or have "not remembered stretches of the night".'
As part of the research, the study also established that individuals with a higher presence of FoMo were more likely to indulge in foolish and embarrassing activities or at times, even entangled in loathsome happenings.

Appeared in the journal Annals of Neuroscience and Psychology, the examiners maintained that FoMo should be regulated and structured in a way as to avoid the bizarre and unwanted behavior of individuals.