Is Falling Asleep With the TV on Actually Bad for You?

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Is Falling Asleep With the TV on Actually Bad for You?

Nearly every day for the past, say, five years, I’ve fallen asleep in much the same way. I lay down, put my computer next to my head, pull up a random episode of The Simpsons that I’ve seen maybe several dozen times, and hit play. I dim the screen’s brightness, roll away from the computer, and listen to my favorite fictional family do … something. Usually, I have no idea, because I’m often asleep before the end of the theme song.

Watching—or listening, more accurately—to TV is the most reliable way for me to fall asleep. And yet, self help websites, marginally researched articles in popular health magazines, and websites run by sleep experts who also happen to sell “blue light” filters tells me that falling asleep with a computer next to my face is one of the worst possible things I can do. But is falling asleep with the TV on actually bad for you?

The answer to this question is immensely important. A 2011 study commissioned by the National Sleep Foundation found that 95 percent of Americans use some sort of electronic device within an hour of falling asleep at least once a week; 60 percent of Americans watch TV immediately before going to sleep “every night” or “almost every night.” Huge numbers of people are watching TV as they fall asleep, yet not everyone is a walking zombie the next day. What gives?

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