Smartwatch sleep scores in Dutch clinics spark a quirky twist: 2025 brings a surge of tech-fueled anxiety as Apple Watch and Fitbit users obsess over nightly graphs. Sleep expert Raymond Vogels notes, 'Some patients become too fixated,' while clinics in Zaandam and Eindhoven see more cases.

Anxiety from wearable sleep data now drives record 2025 clinic visits in the Netherlands. Sleep apps' mysterious algorithms and 'red warnings' prompt even healthy users to doubt their rest—leading to surreal scenes of patients convinced by phantom sleep problems and relentless digital alarms.

Some Dutch sleep clinics saw a measurable rise in young men seeking help for 'bad' smartwatch sleep scores—despite normal medical results.