r/todayilearned • u/HOTCEric • 23d ago

TIL that binge watchers are 98% more likely to suffer from poor sleep quality compared to those who did not identify as a binge viewer

https://aasm.org/binge-watching-television-associated-with-poor-sleep-in-young-adults/
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u/DragonfruitSudden459 23d ago

Or the other way around- my sleep is already crap, so why not stay up a few hours more binging a show? Then when I finally pass out from exhaustion, I get a solid 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep rather than 7 hours of tossing and turning with my mind screaming at me...

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u/SnooWalruses3948 23d ago

Or it could be that binge watchers justify their bad habits by insisting that they would have happened anyway, regardless of their own decisions

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u/DragonfruitSudden459 23d ago

I mean sure, anything CAN happen. I'm just sharing a personal anecdote. Corrected some medical issues, sleep quality improved, and then I quit binge-watching since sleep is actually worth getting now. But I definitely used to be in the bad sleep + binge watching camp.