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oh i absolutely believe science! will i do anything about it? noa
People that are happy and energetic all the time: It’s easy! Just eat healthy, exercise, and get plenty of sleep.
Me: No.
The joke is one science, I’ve never had a good rhythm to begin with! Insomniac my whole life, and we didn’t have smartphones when I was young (I’m old).
Oh I believe Science when it says stuff like that.
I’m not saying I’ll do what they tell me to, but I believe them.
I woke up, opened Lemmy, and this was the first post I saw lmao
Same, is this a sign?
No one’s gonna drag you up, to get into the light where you belong.
But just to be clear, I believe it.
I just don’t do it.
Science isn’t the boss of me. Just my body, mind, and pretty much everything else.
reactance theory informs us that whenever a person tells us what to do and how to do it, we respond with defensive defiance because we want to maximize our personal freedom and decision-making.
Just cos I know it’s good advice doesn’t make me want to do it, and if I don’t want to do it, I can’t, that’s just science.
Wasn’t it confirmed recently to be total nonsense and nothing to do with circadian rhythms? Compared to the sun a phone puts out very little light and the circadian rhythm only respond to slow changes in light, not on and off in a short time.
It’s more about your phone keeping your mind active instead of relaxing and going to sleep. But if you already can’t sleep because your mind is churning on something, a bit of distraction might actually help. It’s very personal and not a clear cut rule on who has trouble sleeping from phone use or when to put down the phone.
So it isn’t like using your phone before sleeping will never have an effect on how well you get to sleep. But it has nothing to do with blue light or circadian rhythms.
Probably also varies depending on the type of content people are checking while on their phone. I can stay awake forever playing Balatro while reading usually knocks me out real quick.
The whole “blue light” thing is the new “wifi is going to give you cancer”.
Some years ago I started reading in bed before going to sleep. Pretty much always, I’m reading a book on my tablet. Now I find that the habit/routine of it helps me go to sleep.
The exception is when the book is so engrossing that I have a hard time putting it down and end up staying awake longer than I should.
Couldn’t find the study confirming this. Can you link to it, please?
I think there are multiple, I read an article recently where it was stated by an expert. But checking back now they don’t link any sources except the name of the expert, which seems to be a respected expert in the field, but that means nothing in the end.
This is one of the papers I could find within 2 mins, but I think there have been multiple papers on this.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01791-7
There has also been a lot of criticism on the original study that said blue light from phones was the issue, so there are probably a lot of response papers to be found about that.
First thing I see having opened lemmy in bed. Good call. See you later folks!
I read about this as part of my work. I’ve found that it’s more to do with the intensity and closeness of the screen relative to your eyes, i.e. the amount of brightness that reaches your eyes. Even bright red light can keep you awake for a bit longer.
It’s also got more to do with your quality of sleep rather than whether or not you get to sleep.
Working 3rd shift has cultivated my circadian arrhythmia so I can sleep whenever I want unless I need to.
Wait, morning phone bad too?
It’s bad for me, but not for that reason.
It’s bad for me because I piss a whole hour or two of my morning away doomscrolling. That makes me late to work. So I end up staying later to make up lost time, I get home late, and then I wonder why I have no time at the end of the day to do anything…
I’m doing it right now, in fact. I will stop.
Same. Gotta get it under control. I’m definitely unmedicated ADD
Lolol I maybe just sit on the throne for 5 minutes longer than I should 😂. But what, am I meant to sit on the throne and read a magazine, like a dirty commoner?? 😤
Why bother reading a curated set of interest-focused articles written by professionals when you can drink straight from the firehose of relentless negativity that is social media, right?
I mean, yeah, you get it 🤣
Perfect description of what I do most days. 😬
Enough of your borax pointdexter!
Haha so true
Scientism is bad for you
Edit: To all the downvoters, I’m not dissing Science. Science is a wonderous method for finding the truth of the universe. However Scientism is the logical fallacy that all there is to know is known by science already and can only be known by science. Or in essence, treating Science as an infalliable religion, when even scientists will not do that if they value their jobs.
Hey my doc says I got one of them in my eye
