Sleep hygiene

(Pearl & Joseph, 2013). This paper discusses the relationship between sleepwalking and the stages of sleep, the causes of sleepwalking in children…

#1 Sleep disorders overview Sleep is the body’s state of change which involves brain wave activity, heart rate, breathing, body temperature, and other biologic changes. It is a period of time that is restful because of reduced activity and reduced external factors. It is easy to reverse, but associated with a specific posture, lying down with eyes closed. Two specific sleepy times during the day for most individuals who have regular sleep. Between the late night hours of midnight and 7am and…

with my personal opinion and idea of how the lack of and poor quality of sleep can and will negatively affect ones individual health, productivity, social interaction, physical aptitudes, health risks and overall academic achievements in today’s society. This particular research paper should be taken into consideration by college students and individuals alike. Since most undergraduates have no guidance on just how important sleep is in their overall academic achievements, they may find this…

as 10:11 P.M., and I sigh deeply knowing that I have no choice but to shove the loose papers and binders into my backpack. I finished my before bed routine, and crawl underneath my covers. With the guilt of knowing I will not reach eight hours of sleep tonight, I force my brain to shut down, and darkness envelopes me. The next day drags on and soon find myself falling captive to my bed once more. A fire alarm blares and I jolt off my bed, only to realize that my alarm had gone off. Race day…

up from your sleep terrified and alert. In nightmares, you can still remember what the dream was when you wake up, and sometimes for a longer period of time. Night terrors are short, after dark episodes that cause extreme terror and panic. Most of the time you can't even remember what the night terror was about. When Broughton started an investigation on nightmares, he found that sudden and intense arousal from slow wave sleep made night terrors occur. They sometimes happen during sleep stages…

Sleep. It is one of the most important aspects for leading a healthy and jubilant life. It is a fundamental human requirement which can dictate the productivity, mood, performance, and other aspects of one’s everyday lives. The most important stages for humans to clock-in lots of sleep are in their younger years, yet it seems as if the adolescence is when people receive the least amount of rest. Lack of sleep in teens is a result of their crowded schedules and school beginning too early for the…

anxiously until the sun rises once again. The trees reach out their lengthy limbs and grind their claws against the roof. I am petrified, but all I can do is lay there and wait for silence. My life is extremely depressing, especially when the sun sleeps. No one to talk to. Nothing to do. I am faced once again with the challenge of waiting out the night in my cold, creaky bed, frightened of what the Nocturnals have in store for me. In the past, I used to love when the sun went to bed. I always…

self-care, including a full night’s sleep. Consequently, there is a body of evidence that indicates that sleep quality can have a negative impact on an individual’s subjective well-being (Hamilton et al, 2007; Lemola, Ledermann, & Friedman, 2013). One way to improve one’s subjective well-being is through self-care, which includes quality sleep In this paper a single subject design intervention was implemented to determine if a self-care activity, improving sleep hygiene, would improve the…

Sleep is a biological need for brain function and is critical for maintain the mental abilities required for success on the battlefield and in our day to day life. Soldiers require seven to eight hours of sleep in a period of 24 hrs.’ to sustain operational readiness. When Soldiers don’t get enough sleep their performance suffers putting themselves and comrades at risk for continued errors, is a treat…

There is no doubt that nursing school is a tough thing to conquer and ‘life’ doesn’t stop for it either. Fortunately, in my twenty-two years of life I have developed ways to keep myself level headed and less stressed out when things get a little tough. Being a strong type A personality, like myself, I have found that I like to maintain a certain level of stress in order to operate. In my head, I need multiple things to be thinking about and doing in order to succeed. This has made it…