It’s one in the morning, and I have completely transformed into a zombie: study-hard middle schooler by day and sleepless undead by night. I pick up my phone, and my bright home screen flashes the early hour in my face. I head directly over to my favorite consolation: social media. For the next hour or so, I stare at my phone. My arm throbs from holding up the phone, and the awkward angle causes a numbing and agonizing pain in my neck.
Since hitting my teen years, my sleep patterns took a turn for the worse. Screen time before bed, child-size dosages of melatonin, and catch-up slumbering on weekends corrupted my sleep.
While this article provides many sensible solutions to sleep loss, some things are more easily said than done. Reducing screen time would be a difficult task since, at this point, social media isn’t just an attraction; it’s a way of life. Social media is a safe place for teens to communicate with others and share things, ranging from their hobbies and talents to parts of their daily lives, with friends and the internet. Teens who struggle with physical encounters can feel comfortable talking to others behind screens.
Insomnia in teens isn’t a problem that can be solved with the snap of a finger. Limiting screen time may help, but can we really keep teens off the internet?
Since hitting my teen years, my sleep patterns took a turn for the worse. Screen time before bed, child-size dosages of melatonin, and catch-up slumbering on weekends corrupted my sleep.
While this article provides many sensible solutions to sleep loss, some things are more easily said than done. Reducing screen time would be a difficult task since, at this point, social media isn’t just an attraction; it’s a way of life. Social media is a safe place for teens to communicate with others and share things, ranging from their hobbies and talents to parts of their daily lives, with friends and the internet. Teens who struggle with physical encounters can feel comfortable talking to others behind screens.
Insomnia in teens isn’t a problem that can be solved with the snap of a finger. Limiting screen time may help, but can we really keep teens off the internet?