Name: What Bed Rotting Does To Your Brain
Uploaded: 2025-02-13T21:01:20.000Z
Duration: 8 min 7 s
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But is spending hours there, even when you're awake, good for you?

The world can feel loud, scary, and harsh.

So it's no surprise we often seek comfort in our beds.

After a long day, it's the one place we feel we can escape to.

But those comforting sheets and weighted blankets

What actually happens when you spend hours bedrotting?

As common as bedrotting is, is it normal?

Does this self-care trend even deserve to be called that?

Just to make sure we're all on the same page

on what we're talking about when we say bedrotting,

we don't mean just lying down for an hour or two.

Bedrotting is usually viewed as a self-care technique

For some, this can include eating junk food,

while others will go the whole day without eating while they bedrot.

the research we found doesn't suggest that bedrotting is very good for you,

but that doesn't mean there's any shame in it.

This video is just here to shed light on what bedrotting does

and give you some ideas for what you can do to avoid doing it too often.

The temptation to stay in bed when depression and anxiety

While it may seem like bedrotting helps recharge you,

it often just lets you stew in negative thoughts and feelings.

According to research published in the Medical Journal of Australia,

the most effective self-help treatments for depression

are the ones that give you something to be an active participant in,

like a brisk walk or curling up with a good book,

Bedrotting doesn't give your mind something to challenge itself with.

Instead, you're more likely to scroll through social media

It's understandable why we, as people, tend to do this.

can be extremely mentally, physically, and emotionally draining.

which can kill our motivation to that mix,

bedrotting has an almost irresistible appeal.

There's no shame in looking for an escape,

and sometimes that rest that your body and mind is begging for

But when you find that bedrotting is not helping you recover from stress or rest your mind,

The challenge is finding the motivation to pursue effective self-help strategies,

which is extremely difficult when bedrotting.

It can actually intensify negative thoughts and feelings of isolation.

We know finding the motivation is a challenge,

but we're here to help you take those first steps.

here's a little something to support you on your mental health journey.

Bring PSI wherever you go as a reminder of your own mental health.

Feeling stuck is common when battling mental illness.

Getting out of bed to exercise or even start the day

can feel impossible when motivation is low.

Unfortunately, the more you give in to the temptation to rot in bed,

the harder it will become to find your motivation again.

your brain power, what we call cognitive control is like a muscle.

And just like any muscle, if you don't use it, you'll lose it.

The decision-making around how you should spend your time and effort

In other words, better cognitive control means it becomes easier to say,

and then actually follow through with it.

But the longer you stay in bed, the harder it gets to do anything.

Staying in bed weakens your brain's willpower.

People battling depression find that it affects their cognitive control for the worse.

but without forcing yourself to follow through with decisions,

and allowing yourself to lay in bed for hours,

The best thing you can do is let go of the pressure of trying to motivate yourself

and start by doing something manageable each day.

If you can, ask a friend to help you out by joining you,

That way the burden is a little lighter as you rebuild your cognitive control.

You can start small by doing a few stretches each day

It's like having a cheerleader for your brain power.

You're rebuilding that cognitive control muscle,

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