Due to globalization, competition for jobs as well as pursing academic excellence, people are sleeping way shorter than what their ancestors did centuries ago. People slept routinely for 8-9hours a day in the past, however people are averaging less than 6hours of sleep per day (Park, 2009).…
Adequate rest and sleep is essential to maintain good health. Inadequate sleep may lead to physiological problem and psychological problems. A person should sleep average 6-8 hours at night. Nyennoh’s family has no sleep deprivation. They go to bed at 9 o’clock and get up 6 o’clock in the morning. They have a good sleeping pattern so they never use any medication to induce sleep.…
This may show that sleep is based around repair of the cells and the body. But the evidence for this is inconclusive and it is possible that sleep helps us to recover from the psychological as well as physiological exertions of our waking hours.…
• The recommended amount of sleep for the average adult is 7 to 8…
Turn off the light, close your eyes, and find the most comfortable position to lying down on the bed .While, you may feel sleepy now. Your eyes start moving slowly, muscle activity slows and body feel more relaxed. You had already entered stage 1 sleep without noticing it. At this stage, you may be aware of noises. You can be easily awakened and may feel that you are not really sleeping. During stage 1, our brain activity slows down; brain produces waves from alpha waves enter to theta waves. (Rathus, S.pp.100).…
Sleep is important for our health and well-being. Extensive research has been done on the effects of sleep. These studies consistently show that sleep plays a vital role in promoting physical health, longevity, and emotional well-being. This explains why, after a good night's sleep, we feel better, our thoughts are clearer, and our emotions are less fragile. Without adequate sleep our judgment, mood, and ability to learn and retain information are weakened.…
If your mind is racing and you are having difficulty falling asleep, a few minutes of simple but effective breathing exercises can help calm your nervous system on a chemical level and lead to greater success in hitting the sack. The awareness and control of breath has been a central component of yoga, martial arts and Taoism for thousands of years. There are dozens of different methods and exercises you can explore through a good teacher or book. The practice of breath control in yoga is called pranayama. I'll detail a simple pranayama exercise here that is particularly effective for falling asleep called alternate nostril breathing (that's "nadi shodana" for the Sanskrit posse out there).…
Research shows that teenagers experience a change in their internal sleep clocks so that waking up and going to sleep early are difficult. When I go to school every morning I have to wake up at six o’ clock to get on the bus at seven. Then I have to go to school for eight hours. By the time I get home I be too tired to do anything else. I don’t go to sleep until ten or eleven o ‘clock.…
After recording my sleep for a whole week I came to some realizations that I should probably go to bed a little earlier. Though in an regular week, full of classes, exams, and other events I was able to average a little under 8 hours. There were nights that I was only able to squeeze in a little under 6 hours. I was able to go home that weekend, so you can see that I obviously sleep better there than I do in my dorm bed, I was able to catch up on sleep and get way over the recommended amounts. I do think that I get a decent amount of sleep when you average it out, but when you start to look at it separately the nights that I was only allowed 5 or so hours were really rough days for me.…
Sleep is the number one stress reliever of them all. Too little makes us cranky and too much makes us even more tired. Its best to find just the right amount of sleep that makes us feel well-rested.…
Time is money. But every day we spend 8 out of 24 hours to sleep. In such a busy world we live in, those precious 8 hours could be spend for a lot of things. However we are all acknowledge at some point that sleep makes us feel refresh. After a good night sleep, we are able to concentrate better and feel happier. The difference between sleep makes us feel better and not having sleep makes us feel terrible explain why sleep might be necessary. Until today, despite our advanced technology, scientists still haven’t fully understand why we do it.…
It’s 6:30 in the morning on my favorite day of the week, Sunday. I spring out of bed to make my morning coffee and grab a box of crayola markers to make my color coded to do list. I have never been able to sleep much past 8 in the morning. This is due to the fact that I love to use my time effectively as possible, sleeping in just does not fit.…
Sleeping is amazing, we all love to sleep. In addition, having a good sleep is also very important for a healthy life style. Sleeping at night is totally different than sleeping at day time. Moreover, according to a research day sleep is very bad to our body because sleeping at night…
The second step begins with the structure of a proper bedtime routine. The mind or the brain must not confuse the bed for any other function except that off sleep and pleasure. It would be beneficial for the patient not to eat food, watch television, use the computer or even read a newspaper or book on the bed. A diet is another process off the bedtime schedule and it is very important, because foods such as herbal tea, sour-sop and even tuna aids in the breakdown of essential chemicals in the body which promote sleep. Similarly by eliminating napping one can eventually overcome insomnia, resting in the daytime may seem like a pleasant way to recharge but can ultimately worsen insomnia. These remedies can help the body to relax and ease the mind making sleep easier to accomplish but moreover, therapy can be used as a vital option to combat this disorder.…
There is another suggestion for someone has problem going to bed early. You should improve your sleep quality. For example, Bedroom should have good soundproof walls which keep your room quiet. Also, as you sleep, try to block or turn off most of the lights; in addition, keep the room in a comfy temperature. Gradually, you go to bed early and have good night sleeps. Those two suggestions need high patience to complete. If you are the person who needs someone to push you or force you to complete one thing, here is another suggestion: Try to find a job or class which needs…