The Real Reason You Can’t Go To Bed (It’s Not The Phone).

It's 1:40 a.m. Your eyes are burning, your alarm is in five hours, and your body are exhausted after a day of work. but your thumb still hasn't stopped. Nobody keeps doing something this costly for no reason. So what are you actually getting out of those hours? And what could you do about it? What time is it when you finally put your phone down? Be honest, I won't tell anyone. Drop it in the comments. ─────────────── if you liked this video, a like and subscribe really helps. If not, no problem. See you in the next one. Lucky - In a Stickshell ─────────────── Ask your weird questions here. Ordinary things that turn out to be strange, the "wait... why IS that like that?" kind. Leave them in the comments, there are no stupid ones. If you want to keep your curiosity growing, subscribe and stay curious. ─────────────── S O U R C E S KROESE ET AL. (2014) Kroese, F. M., De Ridder, D. T. D., Evers, C., & Adriaanse, M. A. (2014). Bedtime procrastination: introducing a new area of procrastination. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 611. Introduced the idea and tested it on a Dutch sample. NAUTS ET AL. (2019) Nauts, S., Kamphorst, B. A., Stut, W., De Ridder, D. T. D., & Anderson, J. H. (2019). The explanations people give for going to bed late: A qualitative study of the varieties of bedtime procrastination. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 17(6), 753–762. Interviewed people about why they go to bed late. SIROIS, NAUTS & MOLNÁR (2019) Sirois, F. M., Nauts, S., & Molnár, G. (2019). Self-compassion and bedtime procrastination: An emotion regulation perspective. Mindfulness, 10, 434–445. Two studies linking how people treat themselves after a bad day to bedtime. The link is correlational. KÜHNEL, SYREK & DREHER (2018) Kühnel, J., Syrek, C. J., & Dreher, A. (2018). Why don't you go to bed on time? A daily diary study on the relationships between chronotype, self-control resources and the phenomenon of bedtime procrastination. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 77. Followed workers across five workdays. VALSHTEIN, OETTINGEN & GOLLWITZER (2020) Valshtein, T. J., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2020). Using mental contrasting with implementation intentions to reduce bedtime procrastination: Two randomised trials. Psychology & Health, 35(3), 275–301. Tested a short planning exercise on students who wanted to go to bed earlier. QASEEM ET AL. (2016) Qaseem, A., Kansagara, D., Forciea, M. A., Cooke, M., & Denberg, T. D. (2016). Management of chronic insomnia disorder in adults: A clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Annals of Internal Medicine, 165(2), 125–133. The guideline that put CBT for insomnia first. BOOTZIN (1972) Bootzin, R. R. (1972). Stimulus control treatment for insomnia. Proceedings of the 80th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, 7, 395–396. The original idea of teaching the bed to mean sleep. (I haven't opened the original paper, so check this one.) SHAKESPEARE Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 2. The spelling of the quoted line varies by edition ("sleeve" or "sleave"). A note: the research linking late bedtimes to insomnia comes mostly from surveys, so it can't say which causes which. The first fix in the video is an experiment based on the findings, not a tested result. If you've struggled to sleep for months, talk to a doctor. ─────────────── #bedtimeprocrastination #sleep #psychology #stayinguplate