Source: # What is true: night screens…? *From the book – Chapter 28: Digital and Social-Media Mental Health* ## The right answer Can disturb sleep and lift anxiety and low mood ## Sleep - Melatonin, the sleep hormone, is affected by light, screen time and irregular sleep. - Reduce screens at least one hour before bed; use night modes if needed. - Reserve the bed for sleep and intimacy — not work, TV, or phone. - Keep the phone outside the bedroom, or on do-not-disturb; limited late-night screens and caffeine. A feed at midnight is a lamp in the eyes and a small emergency in the chest. The nervous system does not know the crisis is someone else’s holiday. [Read the full chapter – Chapter 28: Digital and Social-Media Mental Health](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/chapter/28/) ## Stories from real life - [The Lamp in the Dark](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/story/the-lamp-in-the-dark-114/) – Nikhil, thirty-one, a software tester in Pune, scrolled in bed every night "just to wind down." Midnight became one, then two. He answered work messages in… - [The Screenshot](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/story/the-screenshot-115/) – Kabir, thirteen, in Delhi, laughed off a group chat joke about his accent. Then someone made a meme of his voice note and shared it widely.… - [Perfect on the Screen](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/story/perfect-on-the-screen-116/) – Leena, sixteen, in Mumbai, followed fitness and beauty accounts. Every picture looked flawless. She began to compare her face and body with strangers and filters, and… - [Seventeen Tabs, One Diagnosis](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/story/seventeen-tabs-one-diagnosis-117/) – Samira, twenty-four, in Karachi, felt tired, anxious and restless. She searched her symptoms at night and read comment threads from strangers. By morning she was sure… More on this topic: [Phone addiction, social media and screen time – digital well-being](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/topic/digital-life/) ## More questions - [What is true: social-media comparison can…?](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/what-is-true-social-media-comparison-can/) - [What is true: self-diagnosis from the internet is…?](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/what-is-true-self-diagnosis-from-the-internet-is/) - [What is true: searching online for means of suicide is…?](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/what-is-true-searching-online-for-means-of-suicide-is/) - [What is true: A usable digital rule…?](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/what-is-true-a-usable-digital-rule/) - [The Lamp in the Dark – what this story teaches, the signs and what to do](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/story-the-lamp-in-the-dark/) - [The Screenshot – what this story teaches, the signs and what to do](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/story-the-screenshot/) - [Perfect on the Screen – what this story teaches, the signs and what to do](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/story-perfect-on-the-screen/) - [Seventeen Tabs, One Diagnosis – what this story teaches, the signs and what to do](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/story-seventeen-tabs-one-diagnosis/) - [What He Searched for at Night – what this story teaches, the signs and what to do](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/story-what-he-searched-for-at-night/) - [What can we learn from the story “Ankit’S Evening, Rewritten”?](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/story-ankit-s-evening-rewritten/) - [Too much phone and social media? A balanced way](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/too-much-phone-and-social-media/) [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [Contact](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/contact/) · [About](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/disclaimer/) --- *Psychology for Everyone – A Mental Well Being Series* by Satish Zope · free to read · Contact: [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [About](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/disclaimer/)