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Is Falling Asleep to TV Really So Bad? An Investigation.

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One insomniac’s descent into the world of sleep research to understand what screens before bed are doing to our brains.

Sweet Dreams Are Made From Screens Working through our bedtime dependence on devices. Blue light, so bright. Illustration: Kyle Platts Here is an incomplete list of things I need in order to fall asleep at night: a room that sustains 70 degrees without the help of air-conditioning; complete darkness and total voidlike silence save for a shockingly loud white-noise machine placed directly next to my head; five pillows (one under my head, one under my chin, one between my knees, one directly on top of my face, one sitting on top of my chest); a completed to-do list; a clean apartment; a clean co

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