Sleep Texting Disorder

Introduction

If you are texting on a daily basis from your mobile phone and are kind of addicted to it then chances are more that you may be suffering soon with sleep texting disorder.

What is sleep texting disorder?

Definition of sleep texting disorder is sending out text messages to someone in half sleep or partial sleep.
As one is not in complete sleep state he or she may pick up phone lying next to bed and send out sms to a friend or relative.

Who are more likely to suffer from sleep texting disorder?

If you are texting on a daily basis from your mobile phone and are kind of addicted to it then chances are more that you may suffer with sleep texting disorder. Although it can happen to people of all age groups but teens are more susceptible to it.

How can one assure that he or she is not suffering from sleep texting disorder?

The biggest symptom of sleep texting disorder is that you wake in the morning and get a phone call from a friend who asks the meaning of messages you send them last night and you have absolutely no idea of what they are talking about.
Another symptom is you find text messages in your phone that you do not remember of sending late night, obviously in times when you are not high on alcohol.

How you can cure youself and get rid of sleep texting disorder?

You may achieve this by switching off your phone completely before going to bed or keeping your phone at a place where it is not easily accessible while in sleep, like putting it in a locked drawer.
Also, one can lock phone with some kind of a difficult pasword that you can only key-in when you are awake.

Conclusion

Texting is a beautiful habit and excess of anything is bad. Keeping this we should restrain ourselves from getting addicted to texting and should also prefer to chit-chat with our friends in person whenever possible which will not only decrease your chances of suffering from sleep texting disorder but will also keep a check on your monthly cell phone bill. In addition, you get a chance of enoying a nice treat though it depends that who would pay for that.

Happy Texting..!