Thread: Video Gamers Have Power Over Their Dreams

Sorry, but this has already been posted.

Awesome, very awesome. Thanks for the post, time to fire up my old XBOX and play Doom3

Friggin' sweet

Playing video games before bed also has the nasty effect of disturbing peoples' internal sleep rhythms, but this is a pretty interesting article.

Originally Posted by Demara

Playing video games before bed also has the nasty effect of disturbing peoples' internal sleep rhythms, but this is a pretty interesting article.

Source? I strongly doubt that.

It's the unnatural backlight that emnates from the television or computer; it resets your internal sleep clock. I can fetch the article I got it from, but there's more than one.

Originally Posted by Demara

It's the unnatural backlight that emnates from the television or computer; it resets your internal sleep clock. I can fetch the article I got it from, but there's more than one.

I've heard this also. And when doing WBTBs you shouldnt go on your PC.
But then again, i have a 100" screen on my bedroom wall which i use EVERY night right before sleep and i have never had any sleep problems.

Originally Posted by duppsko

I've heard this also. And when doing WBTBs you shouldnt go on your PC.
But then again, i have a 100" screen on my bedroom wall which i use EVERY night right before sleep and i have never had any sleep problems.

Lucky. If I'm watching a screen an hour before bed I can't fall asleep for hours.

my VOSCA technique is sort of like a WBTB. You wake up two hours early, then stay up for two hours, and go to sleep for the time lost.

DUring this time I am on PCs the entire two hours and fifteen minutes.

Originally Posted by Demara

It's the unnatural backlight that emnates from the television or computer; it resets your internal sleep clock. I can fetch the article I got it from, but there's more than one.

Ah, sorry, I thought you meant that it had a direct connection to video games. But you were talking about the effects of staring on a screen.

Time to go play some COD

I am very glad to know about this sites, because I was searching more information , so everything are available here who I was need......

Explains why I have so much fantasy and sci-fi realted dreams.

Hey...
Thanks for the info,I thought it was quite the opposite...
Alright then...Counter Strike...here I come..hehehe
Sam

I've noticed that video games have indeed influenced my dreams, but I've also heard about how the lights from screens mess up your sleeping, so I usually try to stay away from games before bed, especially since having enough sleep is one of the keys to LDing for me.

I don't know, I have great sleep and sometimes even sleep with the t.v. still on. Urkel always makes me drowsy. Maybe it depends on the person and the t.v.

I can NEVER sleep with disturbance. Although I am a very deep sleeper, it takes absolute peace and quite to make me drift off to sleep, unless I am REALLY tired. My bedroom is always so dark that no matter if my eyes are open or closed, it is the same. I would say that my bedroom is actually darker than when I close my eyes, because I can see the pinkish flesh thats on the underside of my eyelids. It is also so quiet that sometimes I can hear my own heartbeat, or even the ticking of the clock. That's just how I like to sleep.
Try playing epic games on a handheld console like the PSP, IPhone, your mobile, or something else before going to bed, and turn it off when you are about to sleep. It REALLY has a lot of effect on your dreams. Believe me, I have tried.