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There's a lot of talk about bright light, but for me it seems like there is actually something else at play that's worse. For me, it's the incessant stimulatio
by kzrdude 4y ago
There's a lot of talk about bright light, but for me it seems like there is actually something else at play that's worse.
For me, it's the incessant stimulation from social media, youtube, internet, etc that keeps me awake. It's this "just want more" loop in the brain. If I just read a book the last hour when I want to fall asleep, then I usually do, while if I would stay on a loop with the computer or phone then I can't sleep.
If something is sufficiently stimulating (like an unfinished programming problem or playing factorio can be), it can somehow put my brain in a high gear where it refuses to calm down for hours, so these two hobbies are very detrimental to sleep as well.
I hope I'm not exaggerating: it seems like this focus on light could be useful, but in a way it is a distraction from some even bigger problems. If only it was as easy as toggling for dim light!
- DarkNova6 4y agoactually, there are visual receptors in the eye which are directly tied to the hormonal center of the brain. Red/Infrared light is stimulating Melatonin and blue/bright light triggers Cortisol production. Arguably, this is linked to the circle of the sun and a lifestyle that is heavily bound to sunlight.