the quality of your sleep and whether or not you get enough of it may say a lot about your personality. A new survey conducted by one poll for Life Aid found that americans who say they don't get enough sleep are more likely to be introverted, blame stress for keeping them up and would give up one whole hour of productivity if it meant they could sleep more. On the other hand, those who say they do get enough sleep at night were more likely to be extroverts, less likely to stay awake at night due to stress and would rather not give up an hour of productivity over sleep. People get an average of five hours of sleep a night and six and 10 feel like they can't remember the last time they felt truly well rested respondents for the life fades study admitted that political and pandemic related news have kept them up a lot in the past year, while personalities differ depending on sleep quality, one thing people seem to be on the same page about was that getting good sleep is very important and should be taken more seriously. Participants believe that the key to eating better, drinking more water and even being friendlier to strangers lies behind how good you sleep.
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Getting sleep is an essential part of life. 맥스카지노Outside of bacon and sex, sleep is the most important thing on the planet,맥스카지노 says "Men's Health" advisor ., neurologist, sleep specialist and author of numerous books on sleep including "The Rested Child."
And for good reason. When you are lacking in quantity and quality Zs, you leave yourself , including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity and depression.
Even if you are doing all of the right things to foster a good night맥스카지노s sleep, including regular exercise, , avoiding alcohol at night, sleeping in cooler temperatures and keeping your room dark and quiet, good sleep can sometimes still be a struggle. Luckily, it맥스카지노s not always a major cause for concern.
맥스카지노An occasional cupcake or missed meal is irrelevant. If either becomes the standard it's deadly. Same with sleep. Tonight's sleep is not that big of a deal,맥스카지노 says Dr. Winter, who notes that the difference between sleeplessness and insomnia is the anxiety you choose to bring to the situation.
Still, that doesn맥스카지노t make the fact that you can맥스카지노t snooze any less annoying. If you are having trouble, here are a few in-the-moment things you should and shouldn맥스카지노t do.
Just enjoy the rest. Really.
You may not think there is value in just closing your eyes and lying in bed, even if sleep is evading you, but the truth is that resting is tremendously beneficial from a physical and cognitive perspective, according to Dr. Winter, who says that we put far too much emphasis on tips to fall asleep. Resting is a way to simply get your body and mind to relax.
맥스카지노If it's impossible not to sleep, we just need to take ourselves off the hook and be comfortable with being awake in bed. It's nothing to fear,맥스카지노 explains Dr. Winter, who also says that we need to eliminate the word "unconsciousness" from our list of goals when we get into bed. 맥스카지노I would say, if you do not mind being in bed, awake, thinking, meditating, praying, thinking about your celebrity crush...stay there,맥스카지노 Dr. Winter said.
Stay away from the screens
We get it, if you맥스카지노ve been tossing and turning and sleep has yet to come, you may want to reach for your TV remote or grab your phone for a bit of mindless scrolling to pass the time. Don맥스카지노t. You don맥스카지노t want to use any electronics or bright light devices, advises ., a sleep medicine specialist at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, as that glowing light, AKA blue light, can interfere with sleep even more by suppressing the production of melatonin, the hormone that regulates your sleep-wake cycles.
Use your bed only for sleep
One of the biggest sleep missteps: using the bed for anything other than sleeping.
맥스카지노Get in bed only to sleep,맥스카지노 says , FAASM, medical director, NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center-Sleep Center and associate professor of Neurology NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Here맥스카지노s the thing, sliding between the sheets should signal it맥스카지노s time for, well, sleep. If you do other things right before bed, whether it맥스카지노s working on your laptop or having a snack, your brain will begin to associate your resting place as everything other than what it맥스카지노s made for.
Get out of bed
Whether you맥스카지노re having trouble drifting off into dreamland at the beginning of the night or getting back to sleep after waking up in the middle of the night, it can be useful to only be in the bed for so long.
Several experts say if sleep isn맥스카지노t happening after , 맥스카지노get up and leave the bed and do something relaxing, low energy and in dim light such as reading, meditation or deep breathing,맥스카지노 said Dr. Gill. And don맥스카지노t look at the clock, adds Dr. Rodriguez. Watching those minutes and hours tick by can and extend the time it takes to go from wakefulness to sleep.
When should you return to bed? Dr. Winter is not a fan of putting a time limit on the situation. 맥스카지노It just adds to the stress,맥스카지노 he said. 맥스카지노I would say go back to bed if you feel sleepy. If not, stay up as late as you like and don't worry about it.맥스카지노
The thing to really remember: 맥스카지노Being in bed and not falling asleep right away, or awakening during the night, to me, is not horrible. It's not even difficult. It just is,맥스카지노 says Dr. Winter. 맥스카지노What is difficult is the work some people need to do to get out from under this kind of thinking. Most people do not want to do it. They want a pill or a simple trick. They do not want to actually explore the meaning of insomnia...and the fact that it's really just fear...not sleep deprivation."
