Research Suggests Gaming Before Bed Disrupts Sleep
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Well sure, a fast-paced violent video game isn't going to help you get to sleep. You need a game that will wear you down, but not wire you up.
In other words, before bed: less Cave Story, more New Super Mario Bros 2.
In other words, before bed: less Cave Story, more New Super Mario Bros 2.
That's called "dreaming". Your mind is going to find SOMETHING to process, and I find that in general, video games (especially Zelda titles) produce the most refreshing dreams. ^_^Grabehn said:
Soo...Staying up until 1 AM playing Borderlands with my buddy is a bad thing?
....Yeah, I kinda knew that already, but now that there are tangible results....eh....that sucks. That's the only time I can play...
....Yeah, I kinda knew that already, but now that there are tangible results....eh....that sucks. That's the only time I can play...
Well although I tend to bravely laugh in the face of MR. SCIENCE, I don't think playing a violent game will affect me. It takes me a very long time to sleep. I spend my time in bed acting out massive battles with characters from various games in my head until I drift off. Litrallly every night. I hate you Imagination
Well I'm a grown woman, & if I want to play video games for 8-11 hours before I go to bed at 6am, then so be it.
Anything demanding significantly of the mind is likely to disrupt sleep if that sleep is to be had immediately thereafter.
Incidentally, drinking can also disrupt sleep.
Some of us aren't even this lucky. Without medication, I never have restful sleep, suffering paranoia, dysphoria, delusions, and sometimes severe hallucinations. Even with medication, I frequently suffer mild panic attacks at night requiring I get up and pace about the house. And there's nothing they can do for me about this.
But let me tell you something. Before I was medicated, even small things would make me jump. Even small amounts of exposure to horror movies or video games would ruin my sleep for months. Been playing SCP Countainment Breach. After SCP 173 killed me a few times, I stopped even being scared. I don't lose sleep over it in the slightest. You realize that you fear or something horrific occurring is far more damaging than the risk of the actual event. One's fear is far more deleterious than the object of that fear.
Anyone suffering mild sleep disorders at the hands of videogames are absolutely lucky, by my estimation. My mother, bless her heart, suffers severe insomnia because of the heavy demands of her occupation. My father is much the same. You would find easily that the stresses and responsibilities of a tough occupation are far more damaging to one's sleep than any video games. Don't see any people calling for a softening of their woes. But, whenever it regards the children, people lose their shit over it. It would be nice of people showed even a fraction of the care for other adults as they do ignorant children.
Incidentally, drinking can also disrupt sleep.
Some of us aren't even this lucky. Without medication, I never have restful sleep, suffering paranoia, dysphoria, delusions, and sometimes severe hallucinations. Even with medication, I frequently suffer mild panic attacks at night requiring I get up and pace about the house. And there's nothing they can do for me about this.
But let me tell you something. Before I was medicated, even small things would make me jump. Even small amounts of exposure to horror movies or video games would ruin my sleep for months. Been playing SCP Countainment Breach. After SCP 173 killed me a few times, I stopped even being scared. I don't lose sleep over it in the slightest. You realize that you fear or something horrific occurring is far more damaging than the risk of the actual event. One's fear is far more deleterious than the object of that fear.
Anyone suffering mild sleep disorders at the hands of videogames are absolutely lucky, by my estimation. My mother, bless her heart, suffers severe insomnia because of the heavy demands of her occupation. My father is much the same. You would find easily that the stresses and responsibilities of a tough occupation are far more damaging to one's sleep than any video games. Don't see any people calling for a softening of their woes. But, whenever it regards the children, people lose their shit over it. It would be nice of people showed even a fraction of the care for other adults as they do ignorant children.
is it just boy teen or is it girls as well because if it not girls I don't have to worry about and can keep on late night gaming
Read about this on the escapist probably a year ago. Old news 
I can testify to these affects as it is what happens to me when i play something crazy and try to sleep. Spend so much time in bed just thinking of the game and living in the moments of said game.
I can testify to these affects as it is what happens to me when i play something crazy and try to sleep. Spend so much time in bed just thinking of the game and living in the moments of said game.
Indirectly games help me sleep. I play them long past my scheduled bed time, and am thus always lacking sleep and tired.