You wake up and check the clock – 2am, plenty of time left to fall back to sleep on your best mattress. Then you check again and this time it's 3am, then 4am, and now you're just lying there watching the clock tick closer to morning. While monitoring the time may seem like a smart way to ensure you're getting the amount of sleep you need, this clock-watching might actually be the reason you can't drift off.
“Many people feel 'pressure' to sleep, and clocks can have a negative effect when patients are sensitive to this,” explains Dr Jake Deutsch, board certified emergency physician and medical advisory board member for Oura. In our Oura review, we found this smart ring sleep tracker was excellent at monitoring your kip without invasive and anxiety-inducing numbers – and Dr Deutsch's advice is to take the clock out of the bedroom altogether. And yes, this does include your phone. If it tells you the time, it's a clock.
