What do people who stay up late endure? What is revengeful late sleeping?

Science Fiction Network, January 30 (Jin Kaiyi) Recently, a Beijing woman who stayed up late for three days playing with her phone and then went to the doctor for dizziness attracted the attention of netizens. Many people said that staying up late has almost become a normal part of their lives. They go to bed after watching this episode, and check social software again before going to bed... They know it is unhealthy, but they just can't control their bodies. More and more people choose to find their own leisure time at night. What are those who stay up late doing?

In psychology, this behavior is defined as "retaliatory bedtime procrastination", which refers to "the behavior of not going to bed at the scheduled time without external environmental interference". The Sleep Foundation defines it as "the decision to sacrifice sleep due to a lack of free time in the daily schedule". The "China Sleep Research Report" found that the Chinese people's bedtime is delayed by 2 hours compared to 10 years ago.

A 2014 study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology showed that retaliatory bedtime procrastination was negatively correlated with self-regulation. While people who engage in this behavior are trying to sleep, their actions are inconsistent with their intentions, and it is possible that people who procrastinate before bed are more likely to procrastinate in general. The body's natural sleep patterns may also play a role, and people who are naturally "night owls" may have to force themselves to wake up early.

The study also suggests that this behavior may be the result of an interaction of multiple factors, including a person's natural sleep schedule and self-control resources.

"Revenge sleep" may also come from a compensatory psychology. People lose their free time during the day due to subjective or objective reasons. Over time, they accumulate a lot of anxiety and hope to have more free time for relaxation, entertainment, and leisure to vent and compensate themselves. So they deal with the accumulated emotional garbage and personal emotions in the virtual world of the Internet and alone time.

Long-term late sleep may lead to sleep disorders, which is a chronic disease state. Ways to improve it include realizing the seriousness of late sleep and re-evaluating your daily schedule.