melatonine

Everyone keeps telling you the same thing: “Watch out for blue light!” “The light from your phone is terrible for your sleep!” “If you want to sleep well, you’d better stay away from your phone!” And so on.

In the end, it all comes down to the same message: the blue light from your smartphone has a negative effect on your sleep and, as a result, on how refreshed you feel when you wake up in the morning. But how big is that effect really?

Every 4 to 5 weeks, there’s a moment when I find it difficult to fall asleep. Until a while ago, I had no idea why. Then I heard a friend say that she “once again couldn’t fall asleep during the full moon.”

That’s when I started to recognise a pattern in myself. Every full moon night, I just can’t stop tossing and turning. I spoke about it with people around me and, surprisingly, many found this relatable. But what causes this?