Paul Saladino· MD
the idea here is that looking at things that are flickering is drawing your attention it's stimulating you late at night and can cause you to be awake late at night it can cause you to have poor sleep
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
the idea here is that looking at things that are flickering is drawing your attention it's stimulating you late at night and can cause you to be awake late at night it can cause you to have poor sleep
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and it doesn't help and so flickering lights are a big deal
that my subjective experience is that I'm under those flickering lights at the restaurant and I don't sleep well I have a little trouble going to sleep my sleep feels Restless I wake up early
I sleep much better when I strictly control my light environment in the four to five hours before I go to sleep
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