They had them play games right before bed. How is this different from reading right before bed? That's what often messes up my sleep. And I am in my 30s and know I shouldn't read in bed, even though I love to.
Video games and sleep loss
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Re: Video games and sleep loss
#32They had them play games right before bed. How is this different from reading right before bed? That's what often messes up my sleep. And I am in my 30s and know I shouldn't read in bed, even though I love to.
> How is this different from reading right before bed? That's what often messes up my sleep.
I think this just goes to show we're all different. For me, reading is a great way to relax to get the sleep. It's a way of focusing the attention on a single thing, and letting the other distractions fade away, whereas other activities (whether coding or gaming or otherwise) demand simultaneous focus on many different things.
And not to mention my books don't bathe my face in high energy photons... (I say this as another convert to Flux, but unfortunately I fear Flux isn't sufficient: I hear that research has shown just a few high energy photons are sufficient to suppress melatonin production. In which case you'd be better off wearing glasses with a blue filter.)
Re: Video games and sleep loss
#33For me video games greatly affect my sleep. I was a teenager when I realized this and that was when I stopped playing games at around 9pm so my brain could reset and do something more relaxing. I don't think this is exclusive to games. I often have the same problem going to bed straight after coding. I still have things on the mind. I find the hardest game to sleep after is Starcraft. All that multitasking and thinki…
I started playing UO when I was 7, in 1998 or 1999. I just stopped in the past few years. No telling how much sleep I lost to that game!
Re: Video games and sleep loss
#34Playing an hour or so of WOW helps me sleep better. This way, I remain in a relaxed/bored gaming mode when I hit the pillow. Otherwise, I would start thinking about work instead and become wild awake.
One piece of evidence doesn't necessarily contradict the other.
I definitely need about an hour of cool-down after work each day, but I've also noticed that I don't sleep as well as I'd like when I'm watching TV or gaming before bed versus reading or doing other things.