Completely agree with blackout curtains. My husband needs a motion detecting nightlight so that he doesn’t trip if he has to get up in the night, but he plugged it into the outlet on the floorboard next to his side of the bed so it doesn’t bother me. I have an old fashioned digital clock on my nightstand (w/ red numbering) so I can see the time or use the alarm. It doesn’t ruin my night vision like looking at my cell phone does. When we lived in Europe, we absolutely used Rolladen window shutters in summer bc sunset was so late and sunrise was so early.
Great! As for myself, I think the bigger challenge is that my husband uses his phone and earbuds to listen to music and sounds to help him sleep, but the perhaps the EMFs are disrupting my sleep!
Perhaps it's from the noise of the buds. I can hear them when my coworker puts em loud.
As for emf, most of the Bluetooth "radiation" is coming from his phone, not the buds which are receivers. If he puts his phone on his side a few feet away from you, the signal is much much less.
It goes on the square of the distance, so 4 feet away is 16 times less than 1 foot away.
I keep my phone on the other side of my bedroom, about 4 feet away as I need it in case my elderly father calls etc. Also key is to use do not disturb mode, set to only sound when getting calls from known contacts.
I've slept in an "utterly dark" bedroom for about the past dozen years. Overall good, but lately I've actually been finding that I would like the natural light of morning to wake me up but this is troublesome as I naturally wake up about 5 am which is almost always before sunrise.
I'm currently undecided on whether I want to go back to "utterly dark" or just "very dark".
I've been working on trying to move my wake/sleep window more in line with ordinary people. I've spent a great deal of time "sitting in darkness" in hopes of shifting my circadian rhythm. I think it's started to work. After a month of deliberate effort I am now regularly waking up in the mornings which very much felt out of reach for quite a while.
Instead of going the "black everything out" route, I purchased a sleep cover for my eyes which has made a pretty significant difference.
I always was sensitive to light and sleep in a dark room since I worked rotating shifts.
Even as a child, my sister's night light on her side of the room would keep me up.
Melatonin supplementation also helps and is a great anti oxidant. If you feel groggy the next day, take half of it.
Some people have a high sensitivity to it.
Completely agree with blackout curtains. My husband needs a motion detecting nightlight so that he doesn’t trip if he has to get up in the night, but he plugged it into the outlet on the floorboard next to his side of the bed so it doesn’t bother me. I have an old fashioned digital clock on my nightstand (w/ red numbering) so I can see the time or use the alarm. It doesn’t ruin my night vision like looking at my cell phone does. When we lived in Europe, we absolutely used Rolladen window shutters in summer bc sunset was so late and sunrise was so early.
Great! As for myself, I think the bigger challenge is that my husband uses his phone and earbuds to listen to music and sounds to help him sleep, but the perhaps the EMFs are disrupting my sleep!
Perhaps it's from the noise of the buds. I can hear them when my coworker puts em loud.
As for emf, most of the Bluetooth "radiation" is coming from his phone, not the buds which are receivers. If he puts his phone on his side a few feet away from you, the signal is much much less.
It goes on the square of the distance, so 4 feet away is 16 times less than 1 foot away.
I keep my phone on the other side of my bedroom, about 4 feet away as I need it in case my elderly father calls etc. Also key is to use do not disturb mode, set to only sound when getting calls from known contacts.
No beeps dings etc from apps and texts!
I've slept in an "utterly dark" bedroom for about the past dozen years. Overall good, but lately I've actually been finding that I would like the natural light of morning to wake me up but this is troublesome as I naturally wake up about 5 am which is almost always before sunrise.
I'm currently undecided on whether I want to go back to "utterly dark" or just "very dark".
You've read my mind Gary!
I've been working on trying to move my wake/sleep window more in line with ordinary people. I've spent a great deal of time "sitting in darkness" in hopes of shifting my circadian rhythm. I think it's started to work. After a month of deliberate effort I am now regularly waking up in the mornings which very much felt out of reach for quite a while.
Instead of going the "black everything out" route, I purchased a sleep cover for my eyes which has made a pretty significant difference.
Have you tried some blackout curtains https://a.co/d/3Sv4cNm