Sleep medicine

My blackout journey was emotionally prolonged because I thought I was going to die. My entire life is me using electronic media, with the exception of when I’m sleeping. Only being able to use my laptop for homework and nothing else, felt like I was going to break into a million pieces. I started my journey on Friday, May 20th through Saturday, May 21st. Little did I know, this was going to be harder than I expected. On the first day, when I woke up that morning, I was not excited. My first…

Younger kids have always went to bed early and woke up early and had so much energy now as students grow up they learn to appreciate sleep and to not take it for granted. When students were younger school didn 't start until almost 9:00 in the morning and now high school starts almost two hours before. Starting school later would increase test scores, more kids would have homework done, and the teachers would be happier not waking up early too. Starting school so early in the morning causes kids…

hours in a month, and 8760 hours in a year, and on average we sleep 2920 of those hours which equals 121.7 days we spend asleep out of each year. Why do people waste so much time on sleep when they could be doing more with the time they have? Time is limited, but people don’t realize how important sleep actually is. Getting a good night 's rest is crucial to one 's physical and mental health. There are so many amazing benefits that sleep offers humans bodies and minds, it does not only…

Your productivity and the quality of work depend to a large extent on the efforts put by you and whether you are able to focus on your work properly or not. You may have given your best but if your brain fails to perform well, it will be difficult for you to maximize your productivity. It is true that some of the causes that may affect concentration will not be within your control but a lion’s share of it will be ascertained by your behavior. These tips will be helpful in getting your mind to…

himself. When inquired about his sleep pattern, he said he tries to sleep at nighttime but he usually go to bed around midnight, wakes up around 2am and he is not able to go back to bed until the next morning. Also, he has arthritis in his left knee and the pain impairs his sleep pattern. I asked him if he takes a nap during the day and he said he takes naps during the day. I recommended that he try not to take a nap during the day and that might help him sleep for longer hours during the…

Silent meditation was an incredibly difficult, relaxing, and revitalizing activity which helped me in recollecting my thoughts that have been swirling around in my head for a while. The activity helped in focusing the mind so that you had to concentrate on only the things that are most important to you. Professor Humphreys did an excellent job explaining the preparations and how the process would be undertaken. There were five people in total who partook in the silent meditation and it felt…

The tale Oates spins is one of mystery and intrigue. Is Arnold Friend a complete stranger with sinister intentions or is he simply a figment of an overactive imagination? From the moment he arrives something is very unnatural about him from his odd hair to his crooked leg. Is it possible that such a villain exists outside the mind of a pubescent youth, or is Connie asleep, and, if so, who is Arnold Friend? This question requires a look at the story, long before we are introduced to the strange…

This is essentially because there is no clear reason to why we need sleep. The only answer is, “because we are tired”, but then I ask, “Why are we tired?” and that is where there is no real answer. Although sleep has always been interesting to me, I have never partaken in an in depth study of it. I, like many people I know, have grown up with a bed time, and have been told on several occasions that sleep is important. This was something as common as being told to eat your vegetables,…

Yet co-sleeping is not entirely risk free. While the general act of co-sleeping is not dangerous, there are a variety of factors that can make it dangerous and even life threatening for an infant. In many cases these risks are written too broadly in an attempt to discourage parents from performing co-sleeping in any form. However, explaining to parents the detailed risks of co-sleeping would save more lives than broadly discouraging the behavior entirely, and allows parents to make more informed…

early start times, usually around 7:25, making it hard for adolescents to stay awake and focus in classes- and there has been a significant drop in grades to prove it. The sleep deprivation amongst teens becomes dangerous in the sense that teenagers sixteen years old and up begin to drive into school, and driving while sleep deprived is proven to be just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated. While schools are mostly based off standardized testing, missing or falling asleep in class could…