A lot of times people think they can like fight through and push harder and harder and harder to get better results, but sleep can give you that, too. When you transition in and out of sleep, your brain produces theta waves, which help you think more divergently. This is especially true for creative jobs. Jobs used to be very manual, but as jobs are becoming more and more cognitive, I think caring for your cognition is going to become increasingly important for the work.
However, people have a different ideal sound, light, and temperature environment to improve their sleep quality. We need stimulus control: You want to save the bedroom for sleep and sex. Quiet environments are going to improve your sleep quality. Your brain has these micro arousals throughout the night without you being consciously aware of it—even an air-conditioning unit turning on wakes up your brain.
So blocking out noises is a low-hanging fruit to improve your sleep quality. Bose just released an earbud that you can sleep with, for example. Playing these pulses at the same frequency as your deep-sleep brainwaves primes more deep sleep.
Everyone has different natural body temperatures, and usually men run hotter than women, but it can go either way. There are a lot of studies that screen time close to bed is bad. Parents have this issue when their fight-or-flight response system is overly activated by worrying about their kid, and that worry actually makes their sleep quality worse. Probably the most common wearable to measuring sleep right now is the Fitbit. What about people who mess with their sleep cycle and try things like the da Vinci method , where you take a minute nap every four hours?
That polyphasic sleep stuff? The thing is that the placebo effect in some of these polyphasic sleep methods runs really high. There have also been some studies showing that sleep deprivation could be a tool to combat persistent depression. How do you feel about that? That was really interesting. We cover how oversleeping is defined, the various issues that cause oversleeping, and what you can do if you tend to oversleep.
Oversleeping, or long sleeping, is defined as sleeping more than nine hours in a hour period. Hypersomnia describes a condition in which you both oversleep and experience excessive sleepiness during the day. Narcolepsy and other sleep disorders commonly cause hypersomnia.
Doctors might also call consistent oversleeping that causes you distress in daily life an excessive quantity of sleep EQS. When the cause for your sleepiness cannot be found, the disorder is called idiopathic hypersomnia. On average, most adults require seven to nine hours of sleep nightly.
Without enough sleep, you may feel sluggish and unable to focus. On the other hand, too much sleep can also affect your health.
The exact amount of sleep you need each night depends on your daytime habits and activities, health, and sleep patterns. Older adults may need only six hours of sleep while other people, such as athletes, may need an extra hour of sleep. Occasionally you may require more sleep than normal, such as after strenuous activity or travel. If another hour of shuteye helps you feel your best, then that amount of sleep is right for your body.
If consistently sleeping longer still leaves you tired or even nodding off during the day, it may be a sign of an underlying health issue. Then, on the weekend you might make up the sleep debt by sleeping longer than normal.
Sleep apnea causes you to stop breathing temporarily during your sleep. As a result, you snore and choke during the night and feel sleepy during the day. To make up for poor sleep, you may nap during the day and try to sleep longer at night, leading to oversleeping. Sleep apnea symptoms are often resolved with appropriate treatment. After a sleep study confirming you have sleep apnea, your healthcare provider may write a prescription for a CPAP machine.
This machine helps support your breathing during sleep. There are three types of narcolepsy, but in almost all cases you experience excessive daytime sleepiness and overpowering urges to sleep, called sleep attacks. In secondary narcolepsy , caused by injury to the hypothalamus, you may sleep for more than 10 hours each night. While narcolepsy is a lifelong disorder, it can be managed with treatment, including medication and lifestyle changes.
This sleep disorder is characterized by difficulty waking , excessive sleepiness, and the inability to feel rested after sleeping at night or napping during the day.
With this disorder, you may sleep as much as 14 to 18 hours a day. For treatment, doctors often prescribe medications similar to what is prescribed for narcolepsy. These medications may not treat idiopathic hypersomnia as effectively as they treat narcolepsy, however.
Additionally, if you have idiopathic hypersomnia, you may need to make lifestyle changes such as limiting alcohol and avoiding late-night activities. People with depression and anxiety often struggle with sleep disorders or other health disorders.
Both oversleeping and difficulty sleeping are effects of depression, and adolescents and older adults with depression are most likely to experience excessive sleepiness. Several studies have shown a higher rate of depression in long sleepers. Other studies show that people with anxiety disorders are also more likely to experience long sleep, which causes them distress.
Many treatments exist for both depression and anxiety. In addition to cognitive behavioral therapy, a number of prescription medications can improve your symptoms. Consult your healthcare provider to determine which methods of treatment are appropriate for you. Most of the signs of sleep deprivation are much more subtle than falling face first into your dinner plate.
Rule out medical causes for your sleep problems. A sleep disturbance may be a symptom of a physical or mental health issue , or a side-effect of certain medications. Stick to a regular sleep schedule. Support your biological clock by going to bed and getting up at the same time every day, including weekends.
Get regular exercise. Regular exercise can improve the symptoms of many sleep disorders and problems. Aim for 30 minutes or more of activity on most days—but not too close to bedtime. Be smart about what you eat and drink.
Caffeine, alcohol, and sugary foods can all disrupt your sleep, as can eating heavy meals or drinking lots of fluids too close to bedtime. Get help with stress management. If the stress of managing work, family, or school is keeping you awake at night, learning how to handle stress in a productive way can help you sleep better at night.
Improve your sleep environment. Keep your bedroom dark, quiet, and cool, and reserve your bed for just sleeping and sex. Develop a relaxing bedtime routine. Avoid screens, work, and stressful conversations late at night. Instead, wind down and calm your mind by taking a warm bath, reading by a dim light, or practicing a relaxation technique to prepare for sleep. Postpone worrying. If you wake during the night feeling anxious about something, make a brief note of it on paper and postpone worrying about it until the next day when it will be easier to resolve.
The organisation commissions surveys and issues information on how well — or poorly — we sleep. Sound advice, but bear in mind that the Sleep Council is the consumer education arm of the National Bed Federation, the trade association for British bed manufacturers. Unsurprisingly, it also recommends that we change our mattress every seven years to help us sleep better — and to help it sell more mattresses.
At one of their in-demand events on a Sunday night, I lie in a purple-hued room called the Alcove with 10 or so other people, after being anointed with fragrant calming oil. I listen to the melodic, rhythmic tones of an Australian woman over the speakers, telling me to relax and how to breathe. An Inscape facilitator is present to wake people if they start snoring and disturb others.
The session is enjoyable and relaxing, but there is something strange about lying in a room of strangers, trying to rest. Many are regulars; one attends whenever she can. Dr Neil Stanley is a British independent sleep expert who has been researching the field for more than 35 years. He also believes orthosomnia is a money-making proposition for big businesses. We are being sold a dream that we can be in control of our sleep. London-based acupuncturist Mia Kawada agrees.
She says she is seeing increasing numbers of women using sleep trackers and then reporting problems with their sleep.
You start to care more about what the app says than how you feel. But the more information we have, the more we feel the need to control things we have been doing automatically for millennia. By trying to exert this control, we lose the connection with our own bodies.
I rarely go out in the week and only see my boyfriend at the weekend. I never get colds.
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