Sleep

Sleep plays an important roll in your health and wellbeing. Getting enough sleep is vital for your mental and physical health and not getting enough sleep can affect how well you think, react and work. Sleep is very valuable when it comes to healing because when we are sleeping most of the repair is done to any damage within our system. This article is going to look at the reasons why you should be getting adequate sleep during the healing program and ways to help you get a good nights sleeps.…

environment around us while going to sleep to have a comfortable and a better sleep. Sleep hygiene is the behavioral and environmental practice that is intended to promote better quality sleep (Voinescu et al., 2015) Making a good sleeping environment that is quiet, dark, and is recommended. The sounds around you, if there is a source of light in your room, and the bad temperatures will make you wake up while sleeping and this disrupt your continuous sleep Sleep quality represents like so how…

Sleep, is an important function that effects everyone. Without an adequate amount of sleep, one would be at risk for not only diseases, but also effects one executive functions. While this might be easy to say, some may not be able to sleep because of a disease such as Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) which apparently effects forty different families worldwide (Fatal Familial Insomnia 1:40-1:52). Before one would know more about a disease like that, the first thing to know is what is sleep,…

So, what exactly is sleep paralysis? Well today I’m going to be talking about what it is, the science behind sleep paralysis, and what causes it and how to prevent it. Body I. Sleep paralysis can often be very frightening to some people and they often describe it as the “scariest experience” of their life. A. The reason why it is so…

than seven hours of sleep daily. According to psychologist and professor Richard Wiseman from the University of Hertfordshire, this is a serious problem because a growing amount of people is sleep deprived. Sleep deprived means getting less than 7 hours of sleep a day. According to Richard Wiseman, an adult need up to eight and a half hours of sleep daily while a teenager needs an hour more of sleeping than an adult. New technologies like smartphones can affect a person's sleep, according to a…

The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of Sleep paralysis is a medical condition that affects thousands, if not millions, of people every day. It is defined as “a temporary inability to move or speak that occurs when you’re waking up or falling asleep” (NHS). Due to minute personal experiences with the subject, Rodney Ascher became fascinated with the innerworkings of sleep paralysis. This obsession led to the creation of his critically acclaimed documentary, The Nightmare, in 2015. The Nightmare is…

Sleeping Position on Sufferers of Sleep Paralysis Sleep paralysis is a brief, conscious state of involuntary immobility occurring when falling asleep or upon awakening characterized by muscle atonia and vivid, reoccurring, terrifying hallucinations. Complete muscle atonia is naturally induced during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep to prevent the sleeper from physically acting out dreams (Lapierre & Montplaisir, 1992), The absence of REM atonia causes rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder,…

Benefits From Proper Sleep In Students The National Sleep Foundation said that in a recent study only about 15% of the students reported sleeping 8.5 hours at night. Humans are required anywhere from 8.5-9.25 hours of sleep but in reality those hours do not fit into the average person’s daily schedule. Students are quite busy and the reason why the average student doesn 't have that amount of time to sleep is because they have a life outside of just school. According to Cornell University…

What is Sleep Paralysis? Have you ever experienced paralysis? Do you know what paralysis means? What it is? According to Google, it is the loss of the ability to move in part or most of the body, typically as a result of illness, poison, or injury. So, now that you know what paralysis means, let’s discuss sleep paralysis and the psychology behind it. I myself am a victim of sleep paralysis and will share my personal experiences. You enter consciousness just finishing a dream,…

dream? At first glance appearing as a scene from a horror movie, but the problem appears when a person realizes the main character starring, is them. Something looking so realistic, yet so far away from reality. It is sleep paralysis. Out of all dreams, the one least understood. Sleep paralysis is not life-threatening, but can cause a severe anxiety and insomnia. Some people may feel an “evil” presence, dark figures or shadowy creatures…