How many times have we woken up from a long 'hibernation' as we had a late night, but yet the number of hours of sleep 'invested' does not tally with the alertness we are 'reaping' in the day? In fact, there are days which we are more tired after a 14hr sleep, as compared to an 8hr rest. As if it was not bad enough, we suffer from irritability, memory lapses, headaches and daytime sleepiness. Therefore, lecturers, the times when your students doze off are not indicators of the 'super dry and dead' topic nor your monotonous delivery (but sometimes it is).
Here at Sunny Health, we hope to bring to your awareness of Junk Sleep. According to a local campaign, Good In Bed, Junk Sleep has been defined as the lack of sufficient amounts of quality sleep due to the preoccupation with technology
"After a dreary day of school and assignments, sleep is hardly the first thing on your mind because there are always more interesting things to do. Like Youtube videos to watch, Facebook profiles to stalk, and people to chat with online,” said Good In Bed. “And the chilling thing is that you’re suffering from this health hazard without even knowing it.”
Besides the short term symptoms mentioned above, research done by Good in Bed has also revealed that the long term harms are increased risk of colon cancer, breast cancer, heart disease, obesity and diabetes, accelerated aging.
Therefore, the solution proposed is easy. Simply ‘unplug’ yourself one to two hours before intended bedtime so that your mind begins to register the need to shut down. Thus, here at Sunny Health, we highly urge all of you to be responsible with the use of technology as it does adversely affect your well-being.
For more information about the campaign, Good In Bed, please go to http://goodinbed.sg/.
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