By skyforbes Why “hacking your sleep” might be hacking away at your sanity
I once woke up with a chest strap digging into my ribs and a neon graph on my phone telling me I’d slept “poorly.”
Funny thing is, I actually felt fine — until I saw the data. That number ruined my morning faster than burnt coffee ever could.
That was my wake-up call: I wasn’t sleeping anymore. I was performing sleep for an app.
The Rise of TikTok Sleep Gurus
Scroll TikTok for five minutes and you’ll find twenty-year-olds explaining “polyphasic cycles,” influencers showing off their blackout curtain setups, and micro-trend hacks like taping your mouth shut with fluorescent strips.
The message is loud and clear: if you’re not optimizing your sleep, you’re sabotaging your success.
Except — most of us don’t need to “optimize.” We need to rest.
When “Better Sleep” Becomes Worse
Here’s what happens when you turn sleep into a project:
- You outsource your body’s wisdom to an app. Instead of asking “Do I feel…