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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday February 18 2020, @09:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the irony dept.

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/18/805291279/losing-sleep-over-the-quest-for-a-perfect-nights-rest

If you're having a hard time falling asleep, that sleep tracker on your wrist might be to blame.

And there's a name for this new kind of insomnia of the digital age: orthosomnia.

It's "when you just really become fixated on having this perfect sleep via tracker," said Seema Khosla, medical director at the North Dakota Center for Sleep. "And then you start worrying about it, and you wind up giving yourself insomnia."

[...] But in an irony of our digital lifestyles, for some people, perfecting that sleep score becomes an end unto itself — so much so that they can lose sleep over it.


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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday February 18 2020, @09:53PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 18 2020, @09:53PM (#959674) Journal

    Tweedle-beep.

    Tweedle-beep. (again)

    "Hello, I just wanted to inform you that you appear to be falling asleep. Click OK to silence this notification."

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    People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2020, @02:29AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2020, @02:29AM (#959753)

    It must be Windows.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 20 2020, @06:15AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 20 2020, @06:15AM (#960213)

    I figure counting/tracking all that sleep would be like counting sheep. It should help you sleep no?