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Comment by KennyBlanken

This seems incredibly counter to good sleep hygine. There's extensive evidence that even relatively low levels of light harm sleep quality; blue light from white LEDs is particularly disruptive to circadian rhythm, and if you're having trouble falling to sleep, this seems like an excellent way to just ramp up your anxiety?

One of the best things I did for sleep anxiety was to NOT have a bedroom clock at all, my phone goes face-down, I disabled my watch's auto-backlight functions, and I've tried very, very hard to not try and figure out the time once I'm "going to bed." Thankfully my e-reader also doesn't have a clock displayed unless you tap something, so if I wake up, I can read (with an orange book reading light) until I'm sleepy.

The only lights I have that are on once I'm in bed are red LED night-lights (finding them was surprisingly tough.)

Literally never has determining what time it is helped me get back to sleep.

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