Are you one of those people who spends a good time with the phone in bed before going to sleep? According to Elia Marcos, health and wellness coach, this phenomenon is called sleep procrastination and it is an act that works as revenge within our subconscious.
Many of us head to bed knowing that we are going to take a few minutes (and even hours) from our sleep to the detriment of a scroll infinite on social networks or watching a series. But why do we postpone sleep if we all like to sleep?
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What does revenge have to do with it?
A question of control. Although at the end of the day is when we tend to be most tired, Marcos says that we choose to be on our cell phones these last few hours as a way to reclaim control of our day. Work and other obligations take up most of our time, so staying up late on the phone is a way of ‘revenge’ for not having found those moments of freedom during the day.
A girl looks at the phone before going to sleep
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The specialist’s words. “In addition, we feel that the sooner we fall asleep, the sooner the next day will arrive and this is a way of delaying it. It’s like our inner child is having a tantrum because we haven’t let him play all day. So we get revenge for the time we haven’t had for ourselves,” she explains.
Consequences. Although it is an increasingly widespread practice, it does not provide us with anything positive in terms of health, since lack of sleep can cause severe insomnia.
How can you beat sleep procrastination?
5 solutions. In another video, the specialist gives some tips to avoid this situation. Reserving some time of the day for yourself, setting the beginning and end of free time, having relaxing nighttime routines and delimiting work with leisure are some of them.
Numbers. @eliahealthcoach videos have more than 630,000 views on TikTok, in addition to 70,000 likes and nearly 1,000 comments.
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