Sleep

Today we are going to learn if sleep paralysis is a serious problem. Is sleep paralysis a serious problem? Sleep researchers believe sleep paralysis is when your body is not moving smoothly threw the sleeping stages. Sleep paralysis usually occurs one out of two times, if it occurs when you are falling asleep it is called hypnagogic or predormital sleep paralysis if it occurs when you are waking up it is called hypnopompic or postdormital. When your body slowly falls asleep it gets comfortable,…

impacts night shifts and sleep deprivation have on a person. Their logic is that night shifts lead to sleep deprivation which in turn negatively affects performance. Language processing is also observed during the study as well. “Human endogenous circadian rhythms interact with shiftwork resulting in sleep deprivation which negatively affects performance (Reinberg, Ashkenazi, 2008) and health (Arendt, 2010). The purpose of the study was to better understand the impact of sleep deprivation has on…

set foot on earth, sleep is a natural thing. We slide under the covers, fluff up our pillows, and close our eyes. We fall asleep, wake up in the morning unable to remember the past few hours, and feel refreshed; it’s just that simple (Healthy Sleep). Or is it that simple? “Until the 1950s, most people thought of sleep as a passive, dormant part of our daily lives” and to the average human mind sleep is just that, but sleep is much more complex than we may think (American Sleep Association). …

time… sleep. Everyone always talks about how they didn’t get enough or they had wonderful nights of sleep, either way everyone once a day at least says something that refers to sleep. Sleep is a very important part of life. The proper amount of sleep and going through the sleep cycle four or five times a night is what’s even more important. If you don’t get the proper amount of sleep or go through the sleep cycle the right amount then your body isn’t going to be as healthy as it should be. Sleep…

Excessive daytime sleepiness, difficulty inducing or sustaining sleep and irregular events arising during sleep are symptoms related to sleep disorders. It is estimated that anywhere from 50 to 70 million Americans chronically contain some form of sleep disorder that is affecting their day-to-day living (Altevoga et al., 2006). According to The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey (2015), among 74,571 adult in 12 states, 37.9% reported accidentally falling asleep during the…

Sleeping is a part of daily life for every single human, yet there is no proven scientific explanation for why that is true. One spends about a third of their life time sleeping, yet some other organisms never sleep at all (Lawton 1). For this reason, it is not certain why sleep is so essential, specifically for humans. There is not one definite answer to this mystery, but there are many theories that propose possible explanations. Some of the various theories include the inactivity theory…

Being awake and dreams correlate, but they are not exactly the same. I will distinguish how I determine the difference between being awake and asleep. When I go to sleep at night I always wonder if everything I see within my dreams is part of the real world I live in. Sometimes I really have to think twice about what has happened within my dream to make sure that it wasn’t part if my real life. It is a very unusual thought, but living in a dream one third of my life can make me a bit…

Sleep is important for a number of reasons. Sleep allows the body and mind to rest to prepare to operate and function the next day. Some of the advantages of sleeping are that sleep allows the brain to process the day’s events and enhances one’s memory to ensure that we remember tasks that need to be completed the next day. Depriving yourself from sleep can lead up to mood swings, forgetfulness, and irritation, and that’s just to name a few of the negative traits. The most important stages of…

I enjoyed it that much. It looked at counselor’s point of thoughts of a new student struggling with a sleep problem and possible an emotional problem hindering his sleep. It seemed like the counselor thought that Steve was having issues sleeping because he was the newest student on campus and it could be nothing more than first day jitters, and that this alone was causing his issue of his sleep problem. After reading the article it was quite clear the counselor was on the journey right along…

The definition of sleep from the Merriam-Webster dictionary is: the natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored. Sleep is a wonderful, yet mysterious, thing. It can be identified as one of the most peaceful parts of your day. But how does one study sleep, when some people don’t remember their dreams and others don’t have a regular sleep schedule? Do smartphones affect your sleeping habits? Will little to no sleep affect your judgment? What are…