National Sleep Foundation (NSF) in the US has found that around 95% of US nationals use some technology during the hour leading up to sleep. The technologies used vary, including mobiles, computers and televisions. Moreover, different statistics also reveal that more than half of US teens not only play games or text using their mobile phones right before going to sleep, a large number of them actually go to bed with their mobiles.
I recall how my first mobile phone remained the first thing I’d switch on and the last thing I’d switch off every day, until a few years ago when I started keeping it on 24/7. Although I have friends who sleep with their mobiles, I never do so. However, despite keeping it at a safe distance in the hall during nights, it manages to wake me up as early as 3am on some occasions. It is the incoming email tone that plays sleep spoiler.
Keeping so busy with our mobile phones is certainly not good for our health. It not only affects our sleeping habits, but also isolates us from our surroundings. Since we’re occupied playing and texting on our mobiles most of the time, we tend to forget to pay attention to people in our environment.
I wonder if things will continue the same way or will we ever say enough! I need some non-gadget time! Mobiles, no doubt have many positives too. But sleeping with them and allowing them to take over our life is a bit too dangerous.
