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Everything in your room outside of the furniture and each other is a distraction. Whether it's television, books, computer/laptop, cell phone, etc., so I'm not sure why TV is such an evil entity for some while it serves the same purpose as any other distraction.
Everything in your room outside of the furniture and each other is a distraction. Whether it's television, books, computer/laptop, cell phone, etc., so I'm not sure why TV is such an evil entity for some while it serves the same purpose as any other distraction.
Studies have shown that the light emitted from the screens from TVs, laptops, and phones is over-stimulating right before sleep and keeps people from getting good sleep (and distracts them from interacting with their partners.) Since books don't give off light, it's not the same thing.
I've always had a TV in my bedroom since I was a kid and continue to now. I usually watch it until 11pm, then turn it off to sleep. I cannot sleep with it on. So it doesn't affect my sleep or my ability to relax beforehand.
I grew up in a bedroom where everything was readily available to me: a TV, a video player, countless books, a balcony where I had plants and flowers, a big bed, a lot of toys, a big desk to do homework and study, an easel to paint, a whiteboard... I spent a lot of time in there keeping myself amused. It felt like my private property, and the rest of the place was my parents'.
Now my SO and I share a bedroom where we only sleep and keep each other amused. So all the other things are elsewhere in the house, which is perfect for us!
Studies have shown that the light emitted from the screens from TVs, laptops, and phones is over-stimulating right before sleep and keeps people from getting good sleep (and distracts them from interacting with their partners.) Since books don't give off light, it's not the same thing.
There are also studies that have shown if you lie in bed for prolonged periods of time for anything other than sleep or sex, it detracts from your sleep. That would include reading. All depends on the studies you choose to put more stock into.
Personally, I despise television. It's call The Idiot Box for a reason. That's not to say I don't watch it from time to time, particularly when my favorite team is playing. But I tune into a program rather than automatically turn it on to see what's on. Life's too short to squander it staring at a flickering screen.
Everything in your room outside of the furniture and each other is a distraction. Whether it's television, books, computer/laptop, cell phone, etc., so I'm not sure why TV is such an evil entity for some while it serves the same purpose as any other distraction.
I suppose I see the bedroom as my refuge from external distractions. To me reading is an introverted activity. It does not create noise and can be done without disturbing someone else.
I know for a fact that Hubby who is "weak" when it comes to TV would basically give in and watch it in bed whilst I was driven insane by the noise, the flickering whether whilst trying to sleep or read. I was not even that keen on having our MP3 docking station in there truth be told.
As much as I love my Husband, he finds it hard to live without noise or audio-visual stimulation and I am the quiet introspective type which means we need a space which is truly neutral so to speak.
He is the kind of person who will put on the radio every time he enters a room, or switch on the tv if he happens to sit in front of it and the cabinet door is open. It seems to call to him like a siren call, and I need a little quiet and peace in my life. So he has the living room if he wishes to watch something and I don't. I need somewhere safe I can escape to.
I would probably end up in jail for spousal abuse or Hubby-cide if we had the TV in the bedroom.
Of course he claims it is silly , but then I see him if we stay somewhere which has one in the bedroom. The mind is strong, the flesh is weak !
I have wanted to smother him with pillows whilst trying to read in hotel rooms. I basically know that I will not be able to read if we are in a hotel. It is that simple.
Though as long as BOTH parties are happy about it and it does not infringe on one another's peace then I do not see the problem.
Though as long as BOTH parties are happy about it and it does not infringe on one another's peace then I do not see the problem.
There lies the key to all of this, so long as both parties are good with whatever is in the bedroom, be it tv, computer, books, or circus clowns, it's all good.
No telly in the bedroom. Not that it matters so much these days, but bed is for sleeping or for most decidedly NOT sleeping.
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