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Orthosomnia: are some patients taking the quantified self too far?
Baron KG, Abbott S, Jao N, Manalo N, Mullen R · Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 13(2):351–354 · 2017
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Case series of people whose fixation on tracker data worsened their sleep — Galpin's health-anxiety warning has a name.
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