The Fault in our Technology !!

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You don’t need to shut down your brain in order to get to sleep, in fact, shutting down your brain is just lonely. You will get to sleep best if you are tired (exercise), comfortable and if you have a set pattern of what you do before bed every night.

Accepting poor sleep should not be considered normal, even if you're getting older or have a lot on your mind. Quality of life is affected greatly when a person is not well rested. 

Allison Harvey is a professor of sleep and psychology at UC, Berkley. She says TV is a passive technology so it doesn’t stimulate the brain like computers do. “Where as a lot of the video games, Facebook, Twitter, will respond back at us"

"So they are interactive and maybe get in the way of sleep more than the passively received ones.”

Interactive technology makes us more alert and can lead to insomnia when used at night. Light from computer screens can mess with the body’s circadian rhythm and can lead to poorer sleep.  

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Few Steps Can Be Taken For Not Falling In Technology's Trap : 
Avoid screens before bed: The blue wavelength light from screens affects levels of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin. This can really prevent your mind from switching off resulting in you struggling to get to sleep.

Switch of social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc all stimulate your mind. Many people automatically take a look at social networks when they go to bed. All of these get your mind racing and alert.

Avoid caffeine: It seems obvious but so many people drink coffee, tea, energy drinks and high caffeine soft drinks. After 2pm, try to replace these with water. A lack of water is one of the top reasons for tiredness in the day so if you are feeling a bit sluggish in the day, try drinking more water and avoid caffeine.

If you really, truly are not falling asleep, get out of your bed and don't look at phone screen, you should go and  take care of something else. Something you have been avoiding like cleaning the door handles, doing laundry, reading books or anything else which might make you happy afterwards, then that night your brain might encourage to agree to sleep and start thinking of it to be more fun and exciting , which may help stimulate your brain in functioning in that way and getting in routine.

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