The Wonder of Sleep

INTRODUCTION:

Sleep is important among humans because it can promote body relaxation and give the body enough rest in the day’s activities. Furthermore, good sleeping habits will regenerate your skin cells to renew and dead cells will slough off. This will give you stress free skin. Also, sleep helps you to conserve your energy which enables you to be active and recharge once you have a good night sleep the other night. It is important to have 6-8 hours of sleep every night, especially among small children. Because, long hour of sleep among children will help them grow faster and have develop a strong immune system. In addition to this, proper sleep will help you eliminate stresses and prevent other disease condition that will affect your body.

DEFINITION OF SLEEP:

Sleep is described as a naturally characterized as reduced or out of consciousness, all the voluntary muscles as well as sensory activity are being suspended. In the sleeping state, there are two major stages, these are:

• Non-rapid eye movement, in the brain electrical activity there are three sub types, namely:
  • Stage N1 sleep, this is the stage that begins from wakefulness to deeper sleep. Sometimes, humans do not perceive that they are sleeping.
  • Stage N2 sleep, in which this is commonly the stage called the true sleep.
  • Stage N3 sleep, has been associated with very deep sleep, delta sleep or slow wave sleep.
• Rapid eye movement sleep, this is the stage that there is complete inactivity of the involuntary muscles except the muscles that controls the eye movements.

This cycle is regularly experience by individuals and any alteration of the sleeping pattern will affect the body’s circadian rhythm. In order to evaluate the stages of sleep, sometimes the physician will order EEG or electroencephalography; this is a type of test that measures the brain electrical activity. This is one of the devices used to properly diagnose patients who are suffering from major sleeping problems.

KINDS OF SLEEPING PROBLEMS:

Once there is abnormality in the sleeping cycle of the individual, certainly they are experiencing sleeping problems. The most common problems of sleep include:

• Insomnia, this is a condition in which the individual finds hard to sleep normally.
• Sleep apnea, this means that you’re breathing during sleep will temporarily stop due to any blockage in the upper airway.
• Narcolepsy, this means that there is uncontrollable daytime sleepiness. This is often times caused by dysfunctions in the brain mechanisms regarding sleeping and waking control.
• Restless leg syndrome is associated with irresistible urge to move your legs and arms because of creeping sensations, uncomfortable, and aching sensation.

SLEEPING TIPS:

It is important to develop a healthy sleeping pattern for your own benefits. If you experiences difficulty in sleeping, here some tips for you to promote a good night sleep every night.

1. Create a relaxing bedtime routine.

¨       In order to  come up with a relaxing bed time experience, you should develop your room into a good ambiance for sleeping like, keeping your room cool, lessen or eliminate noise, keep your bed comfortable. These things will help you achieve an environment that suitable for sleep. Also, before going to sleep, develop a pre bedtime rituals like reading magazines until you get sleepy, have a warm shower for relaxation, listening to mellow music and do some stretches.

1. Keep a regular sleep schedule.

¨       In having a regular sleeping schedule you should practice it on a regular basis and always follow it. First, you need to set a regular bedtime sleep, like for example going to bed every 8:30 pm every night. Be sure that every night you should sleep the same time and wake for the same time also. Second, nap every time you lose your sleep. This is a strategy that allows you to pay off your sleep lacking activities. Lastly, be smart about napping and do it every afternoon for only 30 minutes. This will allows you to have your body recharge from stress.

1. Have a right balance diet and regular exercise every day.

¨       A good habit of lifestyle will enable you to sleep well during night. Have your body cut off negative habits in order to avoid sleeping problems. This includes, avoiding alcohol before bedtime, limit or eliminate caffeinated beverages before going to sleep, cessation of smoking, as much as possible avoid drinking too much water at night, this is to prevent nighttime urination that can disturb your sleeping time and lastly prevent big or heavy meals at night because heavy meals that contains too much fat, can take time to metabolized and usually it can make you up until it is completely dissolve.  That is why every dinner just eats like a beggar dining so that it cannot disturb your sleeping time.

1. Eliminate anxiety and stress

¨       You know that stress, worries, anxieties and anger from the day’s work will affect your sleeping schedule during night time. That is why, you need to manage these things very carefully in order to avoid disruption of sleep, like diverting your stress to other activities, during the day develop your time effectively by having it organized. Always put it in your mind that you need to be productive so that stress will be diminished.

These tips will surely help you manage your sleeping problem and come up to a good habit of sleep every night. Remember that you need to develop a good night sleep and worry free environment in order to ensure a relaxation of the body. It starts with in yourself on how to manage if ever you have sleep disruption. So, follow the tips above and apply it by heart for you to be able to sleep soundly at night.

CONCLUSION:

A good sleep will help you regenerate your cells to renew and recharge your body from stress. This is the only time that humans need to rest from the tiring activities for the whole day.