orthosomnia

Definitions

An unhealthy obsession with achieving the correct amount and type of sleep.

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Examples

“Orthosomnia is a psychological condition recently identified by Baron et al. [3], who analyzed the behavior of fitness trackers users who used these devices to track their sleep⟳.”

“Orthosomnia, the “perfectionistic quest for the ideal sleep⟳ in order⟳ to optimize daytime function”, is sadly becoming more prevalent, arguably due to increased sleep⟳ tracker use⟳ [73].”

“In our view⟳, this is an exercise of diminishing returns, and may actually impair quality of their sleep⟳ and cause orthosomnia, a condition where a person has a perfectionist quest to achieve⟳ perfect sleep⟳. (Baron et al, 2017).”

“The sleep-tracking function tempts many people into thinking too much about sleep⟳, which is the sort⟳ of thing that can make⟳ it hard to drift off. There's a term of art, “orthosomnia”. It means that you're losing sleep⟳ because you're worried that your sleep⟳ tracker is judging you.”

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