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Do you sleep text? You could be badly stressed
Friday November 25, 2011 12:30:42 PM,
IANS
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London: Day-to-day
stress has triggered an unusual habit of sleep texting- where
people text messages even while sleeping, according to
researchers.
People with this peculiar condition send incoherent messages while
asleep to their friends and family - completely unaware of doing
it, said researcher Frank Thorne, the Daily Mail reported.
"Patients reported incidents of sleep texting - were advised to
leave their mobile phones outside the bedroom, it is one of those
things that happen, but it is very rare, and certainly not a
common trend," said sleep specialist David Cunnington.
He described sleep texting as the result of having too much to do
during daytime.
"People are doing so much during a normal day that it makes them
feel like they're on call even at night," he explained.
"It's so easy to receive emails constantly and get notifications
from smartphones, that it becomes difficult for us to separate our
waking and sleeping time," he added.
According to him, people struggling to get a quality night's sleep
should keep their phones's out of the bedroom.
"If your phone is on the nightstand, then it will be more
difficult to have a good night's sleep without feeling compelled
to reply to a message or check your Facebook account," he said.
"The key point is that people need to respect their sleep, and
make an effort to switch off at night," he added.
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