Ideally, when it is time to sleep, someone should turn off all the gadgets, even the room lights, to get to sleep. However, most of the time, the eyes can still fixate on social media and delay sleep.
Did You know that the refusal to close eyes when You know it should have been sleeping is a psychological phenomenon, the actual so-called "revenge bedtime procrastination"
The term "delay before sleep" first appeared in a study in 2014 from the Netherlands. With the additional "revenge", this term began to appear on the internet in China in 2016.
This term eventually introduced to English speakers last summer by the author Daphne K. Lee, who define it on Twitter as "a phenomenon in which people who do not have much control over the life of the day they refused to sleep early to get a sense of freedom during the late night hours."
"Sleep is your survival skills fundamental and hard-wired in humans", says Abhinav Singh, MD, a sleep physician and medical director of the Indiana Sleep Center in Greenwood, Indiana.
"People see sleep as if only for the brain like, if I just close my eyes, I'll wake up with fresh, not realizing that it's a problem of the head to the feet," said Singh.
Lack of sleep will affect working memory and is closely related to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. A review of the scientific fact found that people who have insomnia have a double risk of depression as those who do not have sleep problems.
Lack of sleep can also weaken the immune system, making a person four times more likely to get the flu if they sleep less than six hours a night.
"Chronic sleep less than six hours (per night) gives You possibility of death three to five times higher in the next five years. I understand, want extra time to catch up, but You pay the price for it," he continued.
How to stop a habit which is not healthy?
Sleep is a process. So instead of trying to go straight to bed after turning off the gadget, prepare in advance, such as making the body more relaxed. You can read a few pages of the book, stretching up to light candle aromatherapy.
In addition, enable the bed is only for sleep, not for work. Of course, consistency is the key. "Set alarm for bedtime that gives You time enough rest every day of the week," suggested Cralle and obey it. "said Terry Cralle, RN, sleep expert certified from the Better Sleep Council.