Technology Ruining Sleep

In Zoe Kleinman's health article, “Are We Addicted to Technology,” the author effortlessly argues that technology has become an addicting pattern in our everyday lives. Kleinman interviews Dr Ramlakhan who works at Nightingale Hospital. Dr Ramlakhan informs that tiredness is nothing more than just a by-product of a busy modern life.

“The Seems The Glitch in Sleep” by John Hulme and Michael Wexler. I think the main message is if you don’t solve the problem quick enough, the problem will get bigger. I think this because the the glitch is getting worse, if Becker doesn’t do something, the glitch will get worse. In the story, Becker had a very bad nightmare. It was made by three giant bed bugs torturing him. The glitch was moving very fast. After that there was the ripple effect, it is when the world have strange and very bad things happen. Then Becker got tortured by the bed again but this time his assistant Simly, helped. Then the bed bugs, Becker, and Simly fell down to the floor below.

Have you ever gotten lost in the Internet, swallowed by the constant updates on Twitter and Facebook for hours, when you only meant to be on for a few minutes? This is a constant battle in our society and technology changes and our use of it increases. It is becoming a bigger issue every day, and now it affects one of our basics psychological needs: sleep. Though I concede with Brooke Gladstone, author of “The Influencing Machines” that we can adapt to technology as it grows, I still insist that some issues that arise with technology are bigger than Gladstone portrays and we need to find solutions for some of the bigger problems that technology creates, especially when it disturbs a basic psychological need.

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Neil Postman wrote, “The End of Education” which he compares technology to religion and how everyone thinks technology will be the answer to everything. In his comparison of religion to technology, he said,” important distinctions are made among the different meanings of “belief,” but at some point it becomes far from asinine to speak of the god of technology” (Postman 38). He is saying everyone is relying on technology to give them all the answers when in reality it could be making more problems. Like Postman said on page 41, I believe technology can alter and change sleeping patterns of the youth today. For example, I watch Netflix on my phone and sometimes and get so into the show I forget time it is, look at the time, and realize it is

Zoe Kleinman is reporting if people are into their technology or is pseudo science. People are always in their technology and scientists are wondering how we can prevent getting into screen time. Dr.Ramlakhan was referring to people that they are addicted to their electronic devices instead of being productive outside. Dr. Ramlakhan have patients that cannot switch off their brains. The issue has become very problematic and needed to be solved. Zoe Kleinman technology reporter from the BBC news, investigate in the hospital and saw patients that were exhausted The reporter from BBC news automatically assumes this tiredness comes from by-product of a busy modern life and describing that patients can’t sleep at night and wake up tired in the morning.The

Matthew Walker's Why We Sleep reveals the profound social consequences of sleep deprivation, demonstrating how insufficient sleep has detrimental effects on our physical health, cognitive abilities and emotional stability, underscoring the urgent need for societal recognition and action to prioritize sleep for the collective well being. In Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker employs vivid imagery to illustrate the dire consequences of sleep deprivation, urging us to recognize its societal

“On the other hand, our computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices can have us plugged in 24/7 and can often cause us to feel fatigue and exhaustion, which can take heavy tolls on our mood, health, and well-being. Since our technology never sleeps, it is important that we sync with the daily rhythms of nature and get adequate rest at proper times for optimal health,” was what health expert John Douillard, DC, said about it. This can help explain the children’s, and especially

Purpose: To inform the audience about what sleep is and how it helps the body.

Many do not believe that we have a technology problem in today’s society. But, ninety-five percent of people use technology an hour before they go to sleep (How Technology Affects Sleep). This is an alarming amount of people who use technology before they go to sleep. You do not have to be looking directly at the technology to trigger the pineal gland to stop releasing melatonin (Kim). Many also believe that lack of sleep due to technology does not affect how they do their daily jobs. Seventy-five percent of those over 30 that reported not getting enough sleep said that when they were tired that their sleepiness effected their daily work (Tarkan). For a school age kid ten hours of sleep is needed. Teenagers also need about nine to ten

Even though technology has a negative connotation when sleep is involved, technology actually can help, instead of hinder, your ability to sleep. There are plenty of apps created for the purpose of helping the downloader sleep better. With all the negatives, the positives of technology are often overlooked, such as these apps. Technology would continue to assist today’s society, even though there are some downsides.

a major problem in today 's society. According to Farlex, the definition of sleep deprivation is a sufficient lack of restorative sleep over a cumulative period so as to cause physical or psychiatric symptoms and affect routine performances of tasks (Sleep Deprivation). What this is saying is sleep deprivation is a lack of restful sleep that accumulates when not enough restful sleep is achieved, this causes inability to preform daily tasks. Sleep is important to perform to the best of our ability each day. Sleep deprivation affects even some of the smallest things that we do in our daily life.

Researchers concluded that the absence of proper oxygen and deep rest lead to IBS and a variety of other debilitating conditions. research results are showing that most likely sleep interruption brings on IBS symptoms " rather than the other way around.

Strangely, technology, complications of modern life with its heavy worries, concerns, and burdens, and the accumulation of problems have generated numerous sufferings, particularly insomnia. But Insomnia is not a disease; it is a symptom of a lot of ailments.

Generation Z is addicted to social media because it is the first thing they worry when they wake up. They pick up their phones to see what people posted in the morning, the afternoon, and the evening. Dr. Helen Driver, a somnologist (with means the study of sleep), explains, “The explosion of social media and people staying on devices for longer – and taking them to bed with them – is a huge problem”. Social media has effected Generation Z’s by sleep because the light is from the electronics which interferes with sleep. Not only does social media affect the quality of sleep but, the quantity of sleep too. The next morning, they only got a few hours of sleep and they do not feel well both physically and mentally. If someone has issues with turning off their electronic devices in the evening, then they should dim the lights or and turn the power off.