Aric Prather

That really ramps up that anxiety that ramps up our stress response, which is incompatible with sleeping. And so it's often kind of a mixture of those sorts of things that happen when people are kind of in the quiet of the night and your brain kind of fills that vacuum of space with just busy, often negatively valence thoughts.

That really ramps up that anxiety that ramps up our stress response, which is incompatible with sleeping. And so it's often kind of a mixture of those sorts of things that happen when people are kind of in the quiet of the night and your brain kind of fills that vacuum of space with just busy, often negatively valence thoughts.

absolutely so you know one of the key pieces of our sleep regulation is our circadian rhythm okay and when the sun goes down and it gets close to bedtime your brain starts releasing melatonin right like lots of people have heard of melatonin it you know it's often a supplement that people use uh but you know we make it and it's you know it's released from our pineal gland in our brain

absolutely so you know one of the key pieces of our sleep regulation is our circadian rhythm okay and when the sun goes down and it gets close to bedtime your brain starts releasing melatonin right like lots of people have heard of melatonin it you know it's often a supplement that people use uh but you know we make it and it's you know it's released from our pineal gland in our brain

absolutely so you know one of the key pieces of our sleep regulation is our circadian rhythm okay and when the sun goes down and it gets close to bedtime your brain starts releasing melatonin right like lots of people have heard of melatonin it you know it's often a supplement that people use uh but you know we make it and it's you know it's released from our pineal gland in our brain

One of the things that

One of the things that

One of the things that

happens when people are exposed to blue light that frequency of light is it can actually shut down the release of that hormone and so the thought is that you know when people are exposed to that it actually makes it difficulty difficult to fall asleep because you don't have this melatonin release and there's some some kind of compelling science to suggest that that can happen physiologically and some people might be more

happens when people are exposed to blue light that frequency of light is it can actually shut down the release of that hormone and so the thought is that you know when people are exposed to that it actually makes it difficulty difficult to fall asleep because you don't have this melatonin release and there's some some kind of compelling science to suggest that that can happen physiologically and some people might be more

happens when people are exposed to blue light that frequency of light is it can actually shut down the release of that hormone and so the thought is that you know when people are exposed to that it actually makes it difficulty difficult to fall asleep because you don't have this melatonin release and there's some some kind of compelling science to suggest that that can happen physiologically and some people might be more

sensitive to that than others. My concern is that there is a lot of focus on the blue light. Devices now have night shift filters where we can filter out that, or there are glasses that people can wear that will protect them from that. But when it comes to sleeping, it's often the content

sensitive to that than others. My concern is that there is a lot of focus on the blue light. Devices now have night shift filters where we can filter out that, or there are glasses that people can wear that will protect them from that. But when it comes to sleeping, it's often the content

sensitive to that than others. My concern is that there is a lot of focus on the blue light. Devices now have night shift filters where we can filter out that, or there are glasses that people can wear that will protect them from that. But when it comes to sleeping, it's often the content

that people are consuming that is actually engaging their brain and keeping them from falling asleep so even when the blue light is taken out of the equation people have difficulty falling asleep when they're on social media when they're on their computer working when they're

that people are consuming that is actually engaging their brain and keeping them from falling asleep so even when the blue light is taken out of the equation people have difficulty falling asleep when they're on social media when they're on their computer working when they're

that people are consuming that is actually engaging their brain and keeping them from falling asleep so even when the blue light is taken out of the equation people have difficulty falling asleep when they're on social media when they're on their computer working when they're

watching engaging shows i mean i i certainly um have engaged in those sorts of things and you know it can be difficult to fall asleep and and part of it is or a big piece of it is that you know particularly when it comes to the internet and social media it's developed and designed to keep you engaged. It activates that reward system in your brain that keeps you coming back.

watching engaging shows i mean i i certainly um have engaged in those sorts of things and you know it can be difficult to fall asleep and and part of it is or a big piece of it is that you know particularly when it comes to the internet and social media it's developed and designed to keep you engaged. It activates that reward system in your brain that keeps you coming back.

watching engaging shows i mean i i certainly um have engaged in those sorts of things and you know it can be difficult to fall asleep and and part of it is or a big piece of it is that you know particularly when it comes to the internet and social media it's developed and designed to keep you engaged. It activates that reward system in your brain that keeps you coming back.