Orthosomnia: Losing Sleep About Losing Sleep

Orthosomnia: Losing Sleep About Losing Sleep

The very technology that is designed to help us sleep may actually be doing the opposite. Orthosomnia is when fixation on perfect sleep actually disrupts sleep and causes anxiety.

Consumer sleep technology (CST), popularly known as sleep trackers, is designed to help individuals become aware of their sleep patterns and to promote better, healthier sleep. But these apps and dev… [+5137 chars]