Ukusetyenziswa kweMidiya yezeNtlalontle kuyashenxisa kwiipatheni zethu zokulala

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Kangangoko sinokuncoma izibonelelo zedetox yedijithali yakudala, sonke sinetyala lokungahlali nabantu kunye nokuskrola kwisondlo sethu sentlalo imini yonke (oh, isigqebelo!). Kodwa ngokophando olutsha oluvela kwiDyunivesithi yasePittsburgh School of Medicine, konke ukungabikho kwengqondo kwi-Facebook okungekhoyo kunokuba yingozi ngaphezu konxibelelwano lwethu lwe-IRL. (Ngaba Unamathele kwi-iPhone yakho?)
Abaphandi bafumanise ukuba abantu abadala abancinci abachitha ixesha elininzi kwimidiya yoluntu mihla le-okanye bajonge ukutya kwabo rhoqo kule veki-banethuba lokufumana ukuphazamiseka kokulala kunabo banciphisa ukusebenzisa kwabo.
Ukufunda ikhonkco phakathi kokulala kunye nemithombo yeendaba zentlalo, oososayensi bajonge kwiqela elingaphezulu kwe-1,700 yabantu abadala abaneminyaka eyi-19 ukuya kuma-32. I-Reddit, i-Tumblr, i-Pinterest, iVine, kunye ne-LinkedIn-ezona ndawo zidumileyo zeendaba zoluntu ngexesha lokufunda. Ngokomndilili, abathathi-nxaxheba bachitha ngaphezulu nje kweyure kwimithombo yeendaba zentlalo yonke imihla kwaye bandwendwela iiakhawunti zabo ngeendlela ezingama-30 ngeveki. Kwaye amashumi amathathu eepesenti abathathi-nxaxheba babonisa amanqanaba aphezulu okuphazamiseka kokulala. Ngamanye amagama, ukuba uchitha yonke imini uthwebula, lungiselela ukuchitha ubusuku bonke ubala iigusha. (Eyona nto imbi kakhulu: UkuLala ukulala okanye ukuphazamiseka kokulala?)
Into enomdla kukuba, abaphandi bafumanise ukuba abathathi-nxaxheba abonwabileyo kwimithombo yeendaba abangena kwiinethiwekhi zabo bahlala benamathuba amathathu okuba nemicimbi yokulala, ngelixa abo bachitha eyona zizonke ixesha kwiindawo zentlalo mihla le zazinomngcipheko ophindwe kabini kuphela wokuphazamiseka kokulala.
Abaphandi bagqibe kwelokuba ngaphezu kwexesha elichithwe kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo, rhoqo, ukujongwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwakuyi-sabotager yokwenene yokulala. Ke ukuba awukwazi ukuyithwala ingcinga yokukhupha iplagi ngokupheleleyo, ubuncinci yenza umgudu wokujonga kancinci. Bekela bucala ixesha elikhuselweyo losuku ngalunye lokungena kunye nokulungiswa kwemidiya yakho yoluntu. Emva kokuba ixesha liphelile, sayina. Ubuhle bakho bokulala buya kukubulela. (Kwaye zama ezi Ndlela zi-3 zokusebenzisa iTekhnoloji ebusuku-kwaye ulale kakuhle.)