Your phone affects your sleep! Here's what you can do

In today's modern world, our smartphones are an indispensable part of our lives and it can be hard to imagine life without them. We use our phones to keep in touch with our friends and family, to work, to read the news and to entertain ourselves. But it turns out that our addiction to our smartphones can have a negative impact on our sleep quality.

So how do our phones affect our sleep? First of all, our phones can disrupt our sleep by preventing us from falling asleep. When we use our phones late at night, the screens emit blue light, which can disrupt our circadian rhythm. The blue light inhibits the production of melatonin, which is a hormone that regulates our sleep-wake cycle. When our melatonin production is disrupted, it can be difficult to fall asleep and achieve a good night's sleep.

But it is not only the blue light that can disturb our sleep. Our phones can also disrupt our sleep by making us think about work, social media, and other things that can increase our stress levels and prevent us from relaxing and falling asleep. When we use our phones, whether it's to check email or social media, we activate our brain, which can make it difficult for us to fall asleep.

So what can we do to prevent our phones from disturbing our sleep? First of all, we should try to avoid using our phones late at night. If we need to check our emails or social media, we should do it earlier in the evening and avoid using our phones in bed. We may also use features on our phones that reduce the amount of blue light the screen emits, such as "night mode" on iPhones or "blue light filter" on Android phones.

Finally, we should make our bedroom a phone-free zone. We can put our phones in another room when we go to bed, or use an old-fashioned alarm clock instead of our phones as an alarm clock. By taking these simple steps, we can improve our sleep quality and prevent our phones from disrupting our natural sleep-wake cycle.