Why you shouldn't put your cell phone on your bedside table

It is difficult to imagine a modern person without a cell phone. We spend almost all our working and free time with him. And at night he is usually on the charge on the bedside table.

And although this is very convenient, scientists are against such a neighborhood of a digital gadget and a bedroom. In this post, I'll cover four reasons why you need to remove your cell phone from your bedroom. So let's go.

The first reason is electromagnetic radiation

So, the first reason, and perhaps the most serious, is the outgoing electromagnetic radiation from an electronic gadget. So the WHO (World Health Organization) has long added mobile devices to the expanded list of carcinogenic factors.

So, according to long-term experiments, it was found that continuous proximity to the phone leads to constant insomnia, irritability, dizziness and nausea.

In addition, to maintain health, it is better not to carry the phone close to the body at all. It is especially important for men to keep the apparatus away from the reproductive organs. You also need to place the phone further from the heart and brain.

It was also found that the human brain is especially susceptible to radiation during sleep, which is why keep the phone away from the bed at night.

The second reason is insomnia

According to the American professor R. Johnson's electronic gadget is quite capable of becoming the main cause of disruption of proper sleep patterns. The thing is that many of us, being already in bed, “stick on the phone”.

In the evening, the production of a hormone such as melatonin begins in the human brain. It is this hormone that is responsible for the regulation and quality of sleep. And the bright backlight of the phone (in which there is a blue light) reduces the production of the hormone by at least 25%.

This leads to the fact that the person falls asleep worse and his sleep becomes interrupted.

And this leads to the fact that a person becomes irritable and the ability of rational and analytical thinking decreases.

The third reason is anxiety.

The influence of smartphones on our lives is growing every day, which cannot but affect the mental state. A study by the Harvard Business School found that about 60% of Americans literally sleep with their phone in bed.

More than half of them check their mail or received notifications at least once a night, and 10% generally do this procedure several times a night.

Such "checks" in the middle of the night have a bad effect on the state of the body and are quite capable of causing stress. Some of the respondents even developed nervousness for fear of being left without a phone at night. And the doctors called the fear of being left without a telephone "nomophobia."

The fourth reason is dysfunction of the brain

How many alarm clocks do you have? One, two or more? Opening your eyes and looking at the alarm clock, you postpone the rise for another 5-10 minutes? So, you can't do that, and here's why:

When the body wakes up, the brain produces the hormone dopamine, which is responsible for our activity with you. It is he who is responsible for the launch of all life support systems and our vigor during the working day.

When we deliberately postpone getting up, hoping for a second alarm and wanting to sleep for a few more minutes, the body stops producing dopamine and starts the production of serotonin again, which calms us down and relaxes.

Such a swing, when developing one or the other hormone, provokes a disruption in the functioning of the brain. There is a decrease in concentration, general physical performance decreases (you feel overwhelmed), and mood changes extremely sharply and often.

Conclusion

Unfortunately, we do not yet fully understand the impact the phone has on our lives. Therefore, it is quite reasonable to completely rest from a smart assistant at least at night, so that the body gets a proper rest, and the next day you feel rested and full of energy.

Write in the comments how you are doing with the phones, whether you keep them constantly near you or do not depend on them.

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The original article is posted on the website Energofiksik, where you can also find a lot of interesting and useful things.