NREM Sleep

Phone addiction is a big problem world wide. Loss of sleep can be caused by

One night you go to bed late and when you wake up the next morning you realize just how bad you feel. You might want to think about what and how you used technology as you were trying to get to sleep or staying up until all hours of the night harmed your sleep. One reason teens might have problems getting enough sleep is that teens have habits that negatively affect their sleep.Some examples of bad habits are the use of technology and not going to sleep at a reasonable time. However, the use of technology isn’t always bad. One positive effect of using technology while trying to sleep can be seen when listening to low aroused music, for example. It is when teens use technology for other things that they hurt themselves. While some bad habits of teens can harm your sleep, some behaviors can make your sleep better.

Logan does use his phone before bed. When I asked Logan if he has evidence of sleep issues he told me he is experiencing slight insomnia. On average the adolescent only sleeps six hours per day. Furthermore, is questioned if the adolescent experienced sleep debt and what does he feel as a result of it. Logan proceeded to respond that he “felt tired, and out of energy frequently”

Do you stay up all night looking at a screen? Can you ever get rest after looking at a screen for such a long time? Some people say that when you are on your smartphone, tablet, or computer at night, you will get less sleep. Looking at your screen causes you to have less sleep. Looking at your screen affect the way you are active, affects your eating habits, and you're more likely to have less brain function than if you would if you had a good night's rest.

Furthermore, some data shows that smartphones may affect our sleep. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology published a study showing that the radiation emitted by a mobile phone can delay sleep stages three and four. They exposed some test subjects to mobile phone type radiation, while some test subjects had no radiation at all. The participants exposed to this radiation had deferred and shortened stage 4 of sleep.

Using smartphones before bed is a common practice. While one can assume that it affects sleep and overall function the following day, research must be present to prove the point. Based on the knowledge of researchers and the findings of recent studies, this common practice has been put under the microscope.

Don’t sleep with your phone nearby: While your cell phone offers this handy feature, which keeps a physical alarm clock from taking up space, it’s all about placement. Move your phone far away from the bed to decrease your chances of using it before bed or during a nighttime awakening.

Today, most research done on technology’s effect on sleep has been focused on how technology makes sleeping more difficult. Technology can become a distraction and keep your brain active as a result of using it before going to sleep. The National Sleep Foundation even discovered through a poll that “nine of 10 Americans reported

We get sucked into online activities that keep us up too late and the constant stream of information can make it difficult to turn off our brains. In the article “How Technology Impacts Sleep Quality” Heather Turgeon states, “The blue light emitted by screens on cell phones, computers, tablets, and televisions restrain the production of melatonin, the hormone that controls your sleep/wake cycle or circadian rhythm. Reducing melatonin makes it harder to fall and stay asleep” (National Sleep Foundation). She also claims, “About 72 percent of children ages six to 17 sleep with at least one electronic device in their bedroom, which leads to getting less sleep on school nights compared with other kids… the difference adds up to almost an hour per night” (NSF). Keeping technology out of the bedroom would be a very healthy habit to

Technology has created this constant anxiety of “staying on top of things,” as if there’s value in seeing an email minutes after it arrives. That’s why some people sleep with their phone by their side, and invite it to buzz on each new message. When you disrupt sleep, you disrupt the human condition.

The most famous statement of Gurdjieff in this context is that, “Man is asleep. He is born in sleep, lives in sleep and dies in sleep. Life for him is only a dream from which he never awakes. He lives in a sleep-waking world moving about in the twilight of consciousness and yet imagines himself to be awake” . ‘Sleeping’ here stands for not being aware. It is interesting to note that Buddha is called as awakened one. It was not the case that Buddha before he attained to Nirvana was sleeping all throughout. Then why is he called as an awakened one? Because though Buddha was awake from worldly point of view, he was actually sleeping from the point of view of awareness. Consciousness does not mean wakefulness. Even animals are conscious but they are sleeping from the point of view of awareness. In fact, when we wake up from dreaming, we immediately realize how unreal that dream was. But while we are dreaming, in the midst of dreaming, the dream is totally real. In fact, we even physically respond to the dream by changes in our breathing pattern, by palpitations of the heart, by changes in sweating and by hormonal secretions. Like we wake up from the dream, in the same manner Gurdjieff talks about waking up from our ‘waking sleep’.

Sleep is important to our body, it recharges the body after a long day. The human body and brain needs sleep to work to the best of their ability. Researchers say that human bodies should get, on average, eight hours of sleep every night. When you get less than that your body will not work the same. Yes, you will be able to do the work that is needed to be done, but the quality of work will be lower if you did not get as much sleep as your body needs to function properly. To help get a better night’s sleep you should but down any digital device an hour before you plan to go to bed. The light from the screen stops your body from feeling sleepy and stunts your sleep quality. Another thing you could do is get a fan in your bedroom, the noise could help you calm down in the evening. Having noise in the background for some

The article (Dis) Connected by Kirsten Weir, talks about how technology especially smartphones, how they can mess with are sleep, cause anxiety, stresses us out, etc. Weir provides examples of experiments and surveys to further prove points. With some suggestions to use to find a balance between the use of smartphones and engaging with family, friends and the people around us. In the article they refer to smartphones as “sleep stealers” the fact that phones are more portable than laptops and tablets they are easier to bring into bed. Sue K. Adams, PhD and Tiffani Kissler, PhD did an experiment at the University of Rhode Island where they asked a group of college students to keep a sleep journey for a week. 40 percent of the students recorded waking up in the middle of the night to answer phone calls, 47 percent woke up to reply to a text message. Resulting in poorer sleep quality and greater self- reported sleep

We all do at times. With all the stress around us, it can be hard to fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up feeling rested. Stress and electromagnetic frequencies from cell phones, computers, and other electronics don’t help the case. Bright lights, and other things, can change our nervous system and sleep hormones, and

However all this time you were spending with your electronics has come with a price, you unknowingly have been exposed to EMF’s a form of radiation that is proven to cause cancers all over the body. When you put your phone in your pockets the radiation seeps into your skin, and not just a millimeter either, depending on how strong the EMF’s are they can sink in a few inches. Your television, hair dryers, car GPS, washer, dryer, recording device, you Wi-Fi has all exposed you to EMF’s. Because you sleep with your phone, your melatonin cycle has been disrupted causing restlessness and fatigue in the morning due to lack of sleep. If you house and all the places you spend the majority of your time have Wi-Fi you are being exposed to these EMF’s 24/7. That phone you got from Apple is not one of the safest phones to use in fact none of the Apple products are included on that