Samaira Banga says checking your phone before bed overstimulates your mind and ruins sleep quality. She recommends disconnecting from technology at least an hour before bed, or switching to low-stimulation activities like reading or journaling if you can't fully unplug.
One of the biggest reasons we don't get deep sleep at night is because we overstimulate our senses right before sleeping. When we keep looking at WhatsApp messages, our work emails, and immediately go to sleep after that, then what happens? We have stimulated our mind right before we sleep. So when we sleep, our mind is awake all night even though our physical body may be asleep, but we don't get full rest when we do that. So if we want deep sleep, Then we need to disconnect from technology few hours, at least one hour before we sleep. And how to disconnect from technology? Sometimes it's not possible that you just disconnect from technology and then you do nothing. So we switch to low stimulation activities. So what are some low stimulation activities? Reading, journaling, spending time with family, things that don't stimulate our senses; rather, they calm our nervous system.
