Circadian rhythms

Stress is a term that individuals use when encountering negative events. It is used differently for many reasons, and individuals perceive it contrarily depending on the purpose. According to, Hans Selye in the early 1930s, stress is a biopsychosocial model that refers to the consequence of failure of an organism to respond adequately to mental, emotional or physical demands, whether actual or imagined (Seyle, 1982). Stress has been examined for decades as a risk factor for poor physical and…

We have different stages we go through when we sleep, and these cycles usually occur every 90-120 minutes. REM, which is rapid eye movement, is a state where you are in the deepest sleep. REM increases as more sleep cycle happen throughout the night. Dreaming happens when you in the REM state. Whereas non-rem sleep stages is where you are building up to the deep sleep REM stage to dream. During the REM stage, the brain is active and this is why intense dreaming happens. During this stage is also…

Tracking my sleep with a sleep log made me realize that I am not getting enough sleep and that this correlates with my energy level, general mood, appetite, and class performance. The main are I need to improve on is the amount of sleep I get. My sleep quality is overall very good and I tend to not wake up at night, but in terms of quantity, I am not getting enough sleep. I usually go to sleep at around 12:30 AM and wake up at around 7:15 AM. This means that I am getting approximately seven…

I sit, staring intensely at the staircase. Everyone’s been asleep for hours now, even Jensen’s asleep. I, however, can’t seem to sleep. There’s a feeling in my stomach making my nerves twitch and my body very awake and aware. I’m thinking hard as I watch the entrance. I’m always thinking and it’s not good for me. I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to tell Felix and Thorn. Tell them that I’m a demon. It isn’t hard to guess how they’ll react. Anger. Disgust. Fear. Thorn will probably…

Drinking Water Before Bed Review Water is recognized as a nutrient and is extremely important for survival, health in addition to beauty and durability. An individual can go without food for nearly 40 days however, 2 days without water can lead to degeneration of health. This can rely on how quickly your body water sheds and also the temperature. Most people don't drink sufficient quantity of water. We shall take a look at whenever a person should stay hydrated and whether drinking water before…

Personally I would never think of something called sleep apnea . I thought of sleep apnea just as something that could be cured but little did I know there is more to it then just a sleeping disorder , Sleep Apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person's breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times. This means the brain and the rest of the body may not get enough oxygen.…

Sleep and its Effects on the Brain INTRO: Sleep is looked at by a lot of people as something the occurs because our bodies get tired however saying that we only sleep because we are tired is like saying we only eat because we are hungry. “We tend to think of sleep as a time when the mind and body shut down. But this is not the case; sleep is an active period in which a lot of important processing, restoration, and strengthening occurs” (sleepfoundation.org). Scientists to this day as still…

Sleep is an essential habit we human beings used to utilize. There is hardly possible to imagine our lives without this habit. Though as we people differ between each other the same way sleep patterns do.This overview conducted all around three different publications. One paper overviews history aspects relevant to various sleep patterns. Another one is research around sleep evolution infants undergoing during growth period between two and eight years age at the same moment analyzing the way…

Many people clench their jaws or grind their teeth from time to time. Such people may be suffering from a condition called Bruxism. Grinding teeth or clenching jaws occasionally does not usually cause any harm. If grinding or clenching occurs on a regular basis, however, the teeth can be damaged, and oral health complications could arise. Many believe that stress or anxiety is the reason why individuals clench jaws or grind their teeth. While it is true, the fact is, most individuals also clench…

Sleepwalking disorder is a disorder that thought to be a dreamer acting out a dream. Sleepwalking has not been seriously diagnosed until the last century, the 19th -century German parapsychology Baron Karl Ludwig Van Reichenbach made a study of sleepwalkers and used his discoveries on his theory of the Ordic force. People that suffer from sleepwalking disorder in the record of 2012 is twice as many people than previously suspected, with nearly a third experiencing it at some point in their lives…