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If
you are doom-scrolling into the late hours of the night often, there is
something you should know. Poor sleep is quietly damaging men’s health, looks,
and mental strength in India. For many Indian men, being tired and staying up
late has become a pride, a badge of honour of sorts. Especially for men between
18 and 45, juggling careers, relationships, and fitness goals. According to The
Economic Times, Tele Manas – India’s toll-free mental health helpline has seen a significant number of
male callers, who make up 56% of the total calls with sleep disturbances.
The problem isn’t just
biological – it’s cultural. In urban India, the masculine ideal has shifted
from “provider” to “performer”. A man is expected to be fit, financially
driven, socially active, and always online. But it comes with a heavy cost. A
constant state of alertness as if he were surviving in the wild. Working from
home changed a disciplined pattern and blurred the line between professional
and personal time. The late-night scrolling habit replaced quiet rest. Gym
culture glorified early mornings after sleepless nights, and a myth of new
productivity has taken shape in the country – I shall sleep when I am
successful. Ironically, this sleepless grind often backfires. Research links
chronic sleep loss to poor concentration, weight gain, and even premature
aging. For many years, men in India have been trained not to focus on beauty,
deeming it to be a woman’s job and perceiving it as a vain concern for a man.
But it is conspicuous because of poor sleep. Dark circles, puffy eyes, and dull
skin don’t see gender, nor are they cosmetic annoyances; they are signs of
cortisol overload. Now, if you are denying science in today’s age, you are also
living in denial.
But what is Cortisol?
A stress hormone,
which breaks down collagen and delays skin repair. Sleep deprivation increases
cortisol, and men in India have become recent victims of it. Men who groom are
doing a fantastic job, but if you also focus on a sound sleep, it may do a lot
more than your grooming shelf.
To be honest, the most
attractive thing about a man today isn’t his six-pack, salary, or hustle – it’s
his ability to rest, recover, and show up fully alive. The problem is that
sleep is considered feminine, passive, or indulgent because of the movies we
have grown up watching and what men have been taught from back in the day.
Especially in a society where men are expected to push through tiredness. In
life, to achieve anything, we need clarity, and clarity will only come when men
make a conscious decision to sleep better at night, not just look better, but
to think clearly, perform stronger, and age steadily.
