{"id":90366,"date":"2026-06-07T16:40:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=90366"},"modified":"2026-06-07T16:40:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:40:54","slug":"how-your-bedtime-may-be-fuelling-your-social-media-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/07\/how-your-bedtime-may-be-fuelling-your-social-media-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"How your bedtime may be fuelling your social media addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1I1Rr3.img?w=768&h=532&m=6\" alt=\"Scientists describe the issue as a \u2018vicious cycle\u2019 in which mental health symptoms are increasing the addiction to smartphones, which is then worsening one\u2019s mental health (Getty)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>People who are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/people-dutch-patients-bmi-netherlands-b2609210.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">night owls<\/a>\u00a0have a much higher risk of developing an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/health-and-families\/teenagers-cbt-ireland-b2589500.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">addiction to their smartphones<\/a> compared to those who go to sleep earlier, a new study has found.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/how-your-bedtime-may-be-fuelling-your-social-media-addiction\/ar-AA1N4bNR?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a258d6bd8a847b0a30c8f68d3590359&ei=127\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>People who are\u00a0night owls\u00a0have a much higher risk of developing an\u00a0addiction to their smartphones compared to those who go to sleep earlier,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/phone-in-bed.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90368,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90366\/revisions\/90368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}