Whether from loneliness, anxiety or dozing off mid-episode, more people are sleeping on the sofa until morning; sleep experts warn the habit may harm sleep quality and be linked to weight gain and a higher diabetes riskNirit Zuk|Before Einat Zargari turned 17, her father decided to remove her from the home, and she was forced to move into a rented apartment on her own. To ease the loneliness, she quickly adopted a new habit: sleeping with the television on. “Mostly, I wanted to feel that I wasn’t alone, and that there were other people with me in the house,” she understands in hindsight.Today she is 46, the mother of two teenage girls and a lecturer and workshop facilitator for women and seniors. But despite all the years that have passed, she still needs the television in order to fall asleep. “Every evening I watch a series, a podcast, a film or a meditation, and I fall asleep in front of and with the television,” Zargari says. GalleryEinat Zargari (Photo: Noam David)“Sometimes I start the night in the bedroom, but within 15 minutes I return to the living room and sleep there until morning. It is clear to me that here too, as with everything in life, there are advantages and disadvantages. In my case, the advantage outweighs the disadvantage, because it is more important to me to be calm, quiet my mind and go to sleep relaxed, with a sense of security and peace.”What do your family members say?