Sleep, don’t scroll: Tips to avoid sleep procrastination – CTV

June 7, 2023

If you find yourself awake after bedtime, scrolling on your phone when you know you ought to be in dreamland, you’re likely a “sleep procrastinator.”

Amanda Jewson, a Toronto-based sleep consultant, says many people delay going to sleep as they try to make up for a lack of leisure time during the day.

“They do fun things like scroll TikTok, watch television and stay up late with friends, but they’re not making up for that sleep, so people are left in sleep deprivation” she told CTV’s Your Morning on Wednesday.

Jewson says the concept is fairly new, but early studies have suggested women and students are most likely to procrastinate their sleep.

“There’s also a suspicion that the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed people into this because we brought our jobs home with us,” she said. “So essentially, anyone who’s feeling the push-pull between work and leisure time is at risk.”

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