Why Sleep? Growing up was stern for my two siblings and I. We we 're raised in a strict house hold, where there was no excuses. My father taught us the importance of working hard to reach ones desired goals. He emphasized that nothing is handed to you, that phrase ruled over me as I was growing up.…
At least three systemic processes are at work around Kiara’s pregnancy and birth. The first change begins when Wendy choose to break the cycle of powerlessness. While living in a homeless shelter, alone and without support, Wendy finds strength in herself to continue her pregnancy. In her interview she remembers, I said if I get rid of her, I’ll never forgive myself. If I let this happen again.…
In the article, “It’s Time to Pay Attention to Sleep, the New Health Frontier,” written by Alexandra Sifferlin, she discusses the importance of sleep and how it is essential in living a healthy life. Sifferlin talked about Lynn Mitchell, a 68-year old woman who was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer in 2011. She was only getting an hour of sleep a night. The cancer affected her lifestyle as stated in the article, the brain cancer was not only affecting her mentally it was affecting her physically as well. Mitchell was often dizzy and would lose her balance at times.…
When I am dreaming, I sometimes am not sure if I am awake or dreaming, but when I am awake I know I am not dreaming. In dreams, I feel like I am not in control of what is happening, I am the observer. I sometimes know I am dreaming because I do things I would not normally do in real life. In dreams, things do not always make sense, like a movie skipping. In real life, this is not the case.…
Americans need to improve their sleep. Television is the most common used device in the hour before bed (Grandner). If people cut down the amount of television, then they can get a better night’s sleep. Americans need to realize that the amount of blue light that their eyes consume will damage their health and sleep. Since society is always awake, individuals sometimes do not realize that they need to sleep to function for every day’s activities (Issacson).…
Sleep! Why is sleep so important to get every night? Sleep is important in many ways. Sleeping at night or taking a nap during the day can have many benefits on your memory, energy level, and more. Different ages need different amounts of sleep each night, so smaller children need more sleep than grown adults.…
I am always busy! However, I have a terrible time getting started every day. I set her alarm at 5:30 a.m. every weekday. It goes off forever!…
“We’ve come so far,” grandpa Cher said. “We almost didn’t make it. We fought really hard, and we were starving.” “Could you tell me more grandpa?” I said.…
Growing up as the main tyke I needed to stick up for myself. Other than my quick family, I never had anybody to stick up for me. Realizing that I was the main tyke, it would be judgment skills to defend myself. During the time of my life, there were sure circumstances in which I wish I had the guts to stick up for myself. In spite of the fact that I am still youthful, life is still a learning process that I need to perform.…
I jerked my body up out of my bed to see him still staring at me a tall dark figure. I took a step to the side and he mirrored my movement like a snake, as if he wasn’t human. I tilted my head slightly, he did the same but slithering . A series of butterflies fluttered in my stomach.…
Not a Lucid Dreamer Ever since I was little I knew I was different. There was something about the way I viewed the world that always made me wonder why I saw it that way. I'd see a tree but to me it wouldn't be a tree it'd become a prop in my own live-action play. Everything that existed, existed to me for a completely different reason compared to the initial.…
After recording my hours of sleep, I realized that I am not getting enough; especially because the week of October 6, 2015 was considered a good week- I did not have as much homework as usual. This worries me because I am a growing teenager who needs sleep in order to be healthy. I tend to daydream a lot and I am also forgetting information in a short amount of time. Due to tracing my sleep, I have come to realize why this is occurring. I try to go to bed as early as possible, but with all of the homework and studying I have, along with sports and after school activities, it is nearly impossible.…
When Michael and I were dating, I had a feeling that, for some reasons, everything wasn’t going all right. I felt like we weren’t the same as we were 2 month ago. My feelings for him started to doubt, because, I felt like he was dating another girl. Today, when I came back after school, I really wanted to take a nap, because I was so exhausted of the day that I had, but, the day wasn’t over. When I got home, I saw mom in the kitchen, which pretty surprised me, because generally, I get home before her.…
Before immersing myself as a student in the world of sleep, I had always believed that I had a great sleeping pattern. In fact, all of my peers found it amusing how much I loved to sleep, to the point where they said I slept all the time. However, the way that I see it is that I am a 20 year old who goes to a tough school academically, plays a 24/7 sport of basketball for the University, works on campus, and finds time to be social. As one should realize, I am a busy man on a rigorous schedule, therefore, in order to not just get by, but instead to be an achiever, I need my sleep. So before taking all of these tests and monitoring my sleeping pattern, I knew that every night I usually got over 8 hours of sleep depending on what day it is was.…
Sleep and Dreams Analysis In this log that I kept for my sleeping habits I noticed a little constant routine in my sleep. I would go to bed every night at around 10:15pm and I would wake up at around 5:20am, basically I get around 8-9 hrs of sleep counting the naps. Although I noticed something quite funny, during the past week I had a dream every other night. I think I’m getting enough sleep because I get all the hours of sleep needed.…