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Why measuring sleep quality might be making you sleep worse

BBC News Brasil6 September 2026 at 20:00

The article discusses how monitoring and attempting to improve sleep quality can, paradoxically, have the opposite effect. The title suggests that some practices adopted to sleep better may, in fact, be harming rest.

The article indicates that people who use devices or methods to measure and track sleep quality may be creating excessive concern about the topic, which negatively interferes with the natural process of falling asleep.

The central issue raised is that the obsession with optimizing sleep can generate anxiety related to the act of sleeping, making it more difficult to relax for adequate rest.

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