Bad sleep 'dramatically' alters body
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Bad sleep 'dramatically' alters body
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#2One thing is for sure: Reading stuff like that won't help me sleep any better.
I have no problems falling asleep, but I keep waking up after five and a half hours. For periods, I can easily go back to sleep, but when I worry about waking up, I often can not got back to sleep.
I've just started reading "The Happiness Trap"[1]. It's about accepting the ups and downs of life as normal, but at the same time it tells how to handle negative thoughts and feelings better (without getting rid of them). A former Buddhist monk recommended it to me, and my girlfriend (who is a psychologist) also liked it. The title kinda sucks though. Let's see if it helps.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/The-Happiness-Trap-Struggling-Living/d...
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#3One thing is for sure: Reading stuff like that won't help me sleep any better. I have no problems falling asleep, but I keep waking up after five and a half hours. For periods, I can easily go back to sleep, but when I worry about waking up, I often can not got back to sleep. I've just started reading "The Happiness Trap"[1]. It's about accepting the ups and downs of life as normal, but at the same time it tells how…
I recently read a news article that said making roughly in the middle of a night's sleep is natural and you should just expect to doze off again rather than worry about it occurring.
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#4One thing is for sure: Reading stuff like that won't help me sleep any better. I have no problems falling asleep, but I keep waking up after five and a half hours. For periods, I can easily go back to sleep, but when I worry about waking up, I often can not got back to sleep. I've just started reading "The Happiness Trap"[1]. It's about accepting the ups and downs of life as normal, but at the same time it tells how…
I recently read a news article that said making roughly in the middle of a night's sleep is natural and you should just expect to doze off again rather than worry about it occurring.
There is an argument that it's historically common.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented_sleep#Segmented_sleep...
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#5One thing is for sure: Reading stuff like that won't help me sleep any better. I have no problems falling asleep, but I keep waking up after five and a half hours. For periods, I can easily go back to sleep, but when I worry about waking up, I often can not got back to sleep. I've just started reading "The Happiness Trap"[1]. It's about accepting the ups and downs of life as normal, but at the same time it tells how…
I recently read a news article that said making roughly in the middle of a night's sleep is natural and you should just expect to doze off again rather than worry about it occurring.
Yes, I am aware of it. It's called segmented sleep[1]. Some think it is natural, but not everybody agrees[2].
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented_sleep
[2] http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm#Myths_and_facts
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#6One thing is for sure: Reading stuff like that won't help me sleep any better. I have no problems falling asleep, but I keep waking up after five and a half hours. For periods, I can easily go back to sleep, but when I worry about waking up, I often can not got back to sleep. I've just started reading "The Happiness Trap"[1]. It's about accepting the ups and downs of life as normal, but at the same time it tells how…
I tend to wake up within the first 3 hours of falling asleep, and wake up 3-5 times over a 8 hour period. (When I had serious stress/anxiety issues, I'd wake up every night 1 hour after falling asleep).
I haven't found a good remedy other than eating well and relentless exercise.
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#7Just what I wanted to read after pulling two all nighters. So how do periods of no sleep followed by equal periods of very long sleep affect the body? And to what extent, if at all, are these changes reversible?
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#8I had a period in my life when I was going sleep in the morning and waking up at 3PM, sometimes sleeping for more than 12 hours. It wasn't devastating so much to my physical health as to my mental health. Sleeping too long is as bad as sleeping too short, not to mention going sleep in the morning for several days in a row. Sleeping properly really is essential for good physical and mental health, don't sacrifice it just to 'do more'.
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#9Here's a little PSA:
If you have:
* High blood pressure
* Depressive or angry episodes
* Wake up tired no matter how long you've slept
* Loud snoring
Take a sleep study. You may have obstructive sleep apnea.
I got it badly enough that sleeping for 14-15 hours daily did nothing for me. I didn't realise it at the time but I was on track to die, tired, at about 50.
Today I sleep with a little CPAP machine that keeps my throat open by pumping air into my mouth. It's changed my life enormously.
Re: Bad sleep 'dramatically' alters body
#10Here's a little PSA: If you have: * High blood pressure * Depressive or angry episodes * Wake up tired no matter how long you've slept * Loud snoring Take a sleep study. You may have obstructive sleep apnea. I got it badly enough that sleeping for 14-15 hours daily did nothing for me. I didn't realise it at the time but I was on track to die, tired, at about 50. Today I sleep with a little CPAP machine that keeps my…
Thanks. I've got #3 on your list, and working in front of a screen is unbearable most days. I've thought about doing a sleep study, this just reinforces it.