Are There Any Health Risks to Using a Sleep Tracker?

There aren't any real health risks associated with using a sleep tracker, but the amount of data captured can be overwhelming. In this video, sleep expert Michael Breus, PhD, explains why sleep a tracker may not be an ideal gadget for some people.

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There aren't any real health risks to using a sleep tracker;

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however, if you're one of those types of people that just gets bogged down in your test results and you can't stop thinking about sleep and you can't stop thinking,

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it's probably not the best idea to have a sleep tracker. Because then you're going to start to worry, did I get enough minutes of deep, did I get enough minutes of REM.

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What's going on, what's going to happen to me. And that'll raise your level of anxiety. By raising that level of anxiety, it could, in fact, affect your ability to sleep.

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So if you're not one of those people who gets bogged down in the data, a sleep tracker is going to be great.