As the sleep tracking industry booms, some worry that it could be driving orthosomnia, the medical term for an unhealthy obsession with attaining perfect sleep, usually driven by a wearable device. Madeleine Finlay speaks to consultant neurologist and sleep physician Dr Guy Leschziner to find out whether this tech is helping or hindering our chances of maximising sleep’s health benefits
Clips: @sabreenawadhwani, @_bryan_johnson_, @everythingemmalese
Sleep perfectionists: the exhausting rise of orthosomnia
Continue reading… As the sleep tracking industry booms, some worry that it could be driving orthosomnia, the medical term for an unhealthy obsession with attaining perfect sleep, usually driven by a wearable device. Madeleine Finlay speaks to consultant neurologist and sleep physician Dr Guy Leschziner to find out whether this tech is helping or hindering our chances of maximising sleep’s health benefitsClips: @sabreenawadhwani, @_bryan_johnson_, @everythingemmaleseSleep perfectionists: the exhausting rise of orthosomnia Continue reading… Science, Sleep, Neuroscience, Health & wellbeing, Life and style
