We Need Sleep Sleep is a very important aspect of our lives and people rely on it to re-energize them so they can continue onto the next day. Although sleep is thought to conserve energy it actually drains your metabolism by 5-10%. However‚ sleep is very beneficial to humans. Sleeping progresses the bodies’ growth and rejuvenates the immune‚ skeletal‚ nervous and muscular systems. Sleep also improves short-term memory‚ mood‚ efficiency‚ concentration‚ and it is actually believed that sleep also helps
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for people to get these things done they cut corners on sleep. One might rationalize that a few hours here and there won’t make any difference‚ but lack of sleep can make a huge difference on a person’s mental and physical health. Lack of sleep can potentially be very harmful‚ anyone who gets an average of less than seven hours of sleep could be affected greatly. Not getting enough sleep can increase the chances of getting sick. Extended sleep deprivation has been linked with diminished immune system
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“I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” Ironically‚ sleep is one of the basic functions of life we need to survive. Teenagers take a good night’s sleep for granite‚ often skipping it for a variety of reasons. However‚ the body will never be at its peak performance without a good night’s rest. Due to other after school activities‚ responsibilities‚ or habits teenagers find themselves in circumstances where they are up late at night missing out on hours sleep. Some of these circumstances that cause sleep deprivation
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Stage 1 “light sleep”. In this stage of light sleep‚ which lasts about 5 to 10 minutes our brains activity powers down by 50 percent or more‚ producing theta waves. Theta waves occur four to seven times per second. Moreover‚ these waves are slower than the beta waves of 13 or more times per second produced during active alert states and the alpha waves of 8 to 12 times per second when we’re quiet and relaxed. As we start to drift off to deeper sleep‚ we become more relaxed‚ and we may experience
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After recording my sleep for a whole week I came to some realizations that I should probably go to bed a little earlier. Though in an regular week‚ full of classes‚ exams‚ and other events I was able to average a little under 8 hours. There were nights that I was only able to squeeze in a little under 6 hours. I was able to go home that weekend‚ so you can see that I obviously sleep better there than I do in my dorm bed‚ I was able to catch up on sleep and get way over the recommended amounts. I
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Sleep Paralysis: Mystical or Medical Phenomenon? Do you believe in ghost? What happen when they disturb your sleep? Sleep paralysis is one of sleep disorder. It is a condition when a person is awaken from sleep but cannot move nor speak‚ and commonly experiences a sense of threatening presence. Sleep paralysis suddenly comes to a person’s sleep and gives a bunch of feelings such as scariness‚ anxiety and panic. The sufferer also experiences a pressure on the body or chest‚ rapid heart rate‚
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Cult Med Psychiatry DOI 10.1007/s11013-013-9327-x ORIGINAL PAPER Rates and Characteristics of Sleep Paralysis in the General Population of Denmark and Egypt Baland Jalal • Devon E. Hinton Ó Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 Abstract In the current research we report data from two studies that examined rates and characteristics of sleep paralysis (SP) in the general population of Denmark and Egypt. In Study I‚ individuals from Denmark and Egypt did not differ in age whereas there were
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Title: Polyphasic Sleep Speech Purpose: To inform Thesis: Polyphasic sleep can benefit you in your everyday life‚ but can also come with a price. 1) Polyphasic sleep can benefit your individual daily goals to an extent. a) By sleeping only an average of 2-3 hours a day using the Uberman sleep cycle‚ you can increase your productivity on a day-to-day basis. i) In theory‚ you can save 5-6 hours a day by taking six 20-30 minute naps every four hours and still feel as alert and rested as you would
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Sleep Deprivation of college students It is 11:30 in the morning and the lecture started half an hour ago. The classroom is still half empty. Although half of the class is here‚ they don’t look like awake. Most of them look like zombies. The above scenario is a common condition taken place in colleges. A research done by Tsui‚YY‚ et al (2009) shows that two thirds of the participating students reported sleep deprivation. The poor sleep quality results in their zombie looks and poor attendants
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The Big Sleep‚ by Raymond Chandler‚ was written in 1939. It is a story about a private detective in Los Angeles who takes a case about blackmail‚ but the case would soon develop into a big ordeal with murder‚ corruption‚ and kidnapping. The first two paragraphs of the story provide a great introduction to Marlowe‚ the private investigator‚ and great information about him. The first two paragraphs also give a lot of information the reader can use to better understand the plot later in the story. The
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