Chen Danhong works in Beijing. She says the day really just begins after about 8 pm. “When I get home I’m feeling tired, but that suddenly turns to excitement and I go on the Internet, read books or watch movies. I’ll be playing video games and keeping on saying to myself, ‘This is the last one’ before I finally realize that it’s 2 o’clock,” she said.
For most of us like Chen, breaking promises about getting enough sleep has become a way of life. We know that if things go on like this it’s going to be detrimental to our health, but we just can’t help ourselves.
Nanguo Morning News did a study, and 2,000 people took part in it. 43 percent of them said they sleep late every day because they feel that the only time of the day that truly belongs to them is just before they go to bed. About 36 percent of people said they go to bed late at least three days a week, and only 2 percent said they never go to bed late. 64 percent said they go to sleep late because they watch TV, read books or use their mobile phones. 40 percent said they do not want to go to bed too early even if they have nothing to do.
“The mentality(心态) of going to bed late is in fact redemptive(救赎的), and people believe that at night they are making up for the day,” says Yan Lixin, a doctor in the Department of Mental Health of the Second Hospital of Lanzhou University.
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