cross-posted from: https://wolfballs.com/post/25980
https://www.sleeplikethedead.com/darkness-sleep.html
Sleeping in complete darkness is important to getting a good night's sleep because darkness or night increases the production of melatonin.
Melatonin is believed to cause a person to fall asleep faster and sleep better.
If you are exposed to light while you are trying to sleep, melatonin may not rise to high enough levels to do its job. Light coming in from the window, light entering from another room, or even a night light can disrupt the production of melatonin. In other words, if you want the best opportunity to fall asleep quickly and sleep soundly, you must have darkness.
Has anyone's sleep improved by making sure their room is completely dark?
iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Monkeys sleep in trees. The only way our ancestors could come down and sleep on the ground was because they made fire. If they had tried sleeping on the ground in the dark, they would be eaten
Evolution should have shaped our genes to adapt to the bright light of a fire the entire night
masterofballs@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Fire is like a million times dimmer than a light bull. I sleep like a baby under candlelight but not a light bulb.
iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Yes, a campfire would be dimmer than a lightbulb. Still bright enough to read a book though, so brighter than LCD screens like computers or phones
You would need a fire the whole night. Its what I read in Jim Corbett's - famous solo tiger hunter - autobiography. His dad left him as a child in the jungle, in the days of the colonial British Empire. Man eating tigers were common and Jim tracked and hunted many famous ones
He recalled as a child he would add wood to the fire, whenever he heard animals. Balls of titanium that man