REM Sleep
Most people openly acknowledge that we don’t get restful sleep, usually as a result of an unhealthy amount of stress or a load heavy life leading to a downwards spiral. However sometimes not getting restful sleep isn’t a chosen option, over 40% of the world has had problems sleeping at some time during their reality, and a small amount of people suffer from true disorder. Trying to find sleeping disorder fixes can be a long drawn out process that seems like an endless cycle of theories, pills, restless evenings and overly tired days.
Restful sleep is an important faucet we all need, and while it is an issue that is still understood, the problems of not getting restful sleep are all too obvious. There are no concrete number on how much downtime a person needs, with each persons body requiring different hours. You may know of people who go on 6 hours sleep without a problem, while others must have 9-10 hours just to keep up. So long as you are up and feeling great and energized in the AM the required amount you get is not relevant. A nights rest is divided between non-rapid eye movement sleep and rapid eye movement sleep. REM received this name to the issue that in this stage of rest our pupils move back and forth quickly, as if viewing a game of ping pong. It is in this stage of rest that we receive our most enticing and exciting dreams. Non-random eye movement rest is a much softer, easily acquired rest when the body and mind are at ease, any lucid dreams had in a non-REM rest seem to be more like memories. Throughout the evening our physical body changes through the many transfers starting with a light rest that eventually gets darker, then immediately switches into the random eye movement phase, then going back into a a list rest. This series goes throughout the evening with the random eye movement rest cycles getting more extensive and the non-random eye movement cycles shorter.
Humans suffering from sleep disorders may not experience troubles going to sleep, but may also have un-restful sleep, whether they know it or not. This means the series through non-random eye movement to random eye movement rest is shattered, and the physical body and mind do not have the time to energize for the coming day. Many people who get up feeling tired think they aren’t receiving enough time sleeping, however it may just be that they aren’t receiving good value rest. It is frequent for us to try and go to sleep earlier or have a partner to try and conquer the continual sensitivity of being tired, but this will accomplish nothing if the rest cycle isn’t happening like it should.
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March 29 2010 04:01 am | Sleep