Oren Yaniv – Daily News
It’s not the monster under the bed that keeps many people up at night these days – it’s their BlackBerries and the Internet.
Technological distractions are becoming a leading source of sleeplessness, experts and a recent poll say.
Some 60% of business travelers said their hand-held devices kept them from snoozing, a global survey by Westin Hotels found.
And 56% of Americans said that our around-the-clock lifestyle hampers a decent nap.
“Ten or 15 years ago, there wasn’t much to do late at night. You either watched Jay Leno or went to sleep,” said Dr. Meir Kryger, a board member of the National Sleep Foundation. “Now there is so much to do 24 hours a day.”
Kryger warned that lack of sleep can cause irritability, problems at work and even weight gain due to hormonal changes. He suggested seeing a specialist if sleep problems persist.
“When you don’t sleep well it can be extremely distressing,” he said.
let us not forget the facebook anti social network ..lol
the rebbe says that there are no more misnagdim today. the real misnaged is somone who reads the news before he davens!
so take a blackberry than a iphone
Iphones are the best
A good thing there is a Shabbos & Yom Tov. The only technology that I have at arms length at night is the HAtzoloh radio. Are we that obssessed with the gashmiusdica world that we have to be connect 24/7? As they say get a life. What we see as important now makes no difference in a few hours.
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Many sleep with their Iphones!
and in reading this just as i washed negel vaser
There’s not 1 Blackberry in the picture. But it’s true, I sleep with my Blackberry in arm’s reach and it’s the first thing I check in the morning (after washing negel vaaser that’s by my bed of course).
And I’m reading at 4:30 am. :p
Lol
and i’ve reading even later (i wonder when collive will post this)
doesnt have even one blacberry in it!
“Technological distractions are becoming a leading source of sleeplessness, experts and a recent poll say. ”
Ironic that I am reading this at 1:15am!