9 Reasons You Shouldn’t Take Your Phone To Bed With You

5. It’s Covered In Germs

Generally, we like to keep our bedrooms and sleeping spaces clean, but what we don’t often realise is that bringing a phone into the mix is the best way to ruin that. Phones are absolutely filthy, with one study finding them to be even dirtier than your average toilet seat by far. You wouldn’t want to sleep next to a toilet seat, so don’t sleep next to your phone!

6. It Creates Nomophobia

Never heard of nomophobia? Well, you might have felt it before. Nomophobia is the very real and recognised fear of being left without a mobile phone. It’s increasingly common in the younger generation with sufferers reporting exceedingly high anxiety when they lose their phone, or are required to turn it off. Worried? Keeping your phone in bed with you isn’t likely to solve your reliance!

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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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