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42 Psychological Facts About Dreams & Sleep

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21. Can Lead to Psychosis
A lack of REM sleep and dreaming
during that stage can lead to the disruption of
healthy functioning. Somethings are meant to be
how mother nature made it be, once disrupted
you are prone to psychotic disorders such as
hallucination, irritation etc.
So relax, and try to sleep with the
intention of dreaming.

20. Insomnia In Women
A common sleep disorder that is more
often found in women than men. Insomnia
causes difficulty in falling and staying asleep at
Sunday morning, the perfect day to sleep It might come as a laugh, but there is
night. The disorder worsens with age.
in from your hectic 48 hour week and guess something called sleeping beauty disorder
what? You wake up at 7 in the morning just like characterized by persistent episodic
19. Less Than 6 Hours of Sleep Reduces Life
any other day. Bodies behave differently, as each hypersomnia. A rare condition where a person
Expectancy
has its own circadian rhythm or body clock. sleeps for prolonged periods of time.
In order for your body to go through all
A region of the brain hypothalamus
cycles of sleep of n-rem, rem, and restorative. 7
regulates the waking up and alertness in 5. A Cat’s Nap Goes Along Way
plus hours is required, any lower leads to lack of
accordance to the 24 hour clock of the body. People who work continuously for long
healing and restoration of brain cells.
periods of time have showed decreased
Continuously operating in such conditions leads
12. Your Sleep Has Cycles functioning and performance. A short nap of 10-
to the degradation of brain cells and eventually a
Your sleep is divided into five distinct 20 minutes is more than enough to give a break
fatigued and tired brain.
portions that span 90 minutes all combined. and sense of freshness to the working brain to
Starting with stage 1-from consciousness to light kick start again.
18. Ahh! I am Paralyzed
sleep. Stage 2, the body relaxes further and core
Sometimes when people wake up in the
body temperature drops before your breathing 4. You Are In Control
morning their unable to move, also known as
becomes regular. I am not saying you should do this, but
sleep paralysis. It’s not something serious but
Going into stage 3 and 4, entering into human beings are the only mammals that have
very awkward being stuck in a limbo of sleep
long and deep restorative parts of the sleep. the ability to delay their sleep or process of
and awareness, to which your muscles haven’t
Than finally into the exciting stage of REM letting it take over, from their own will.
caught up yet.
(rapid eye movement) sleep. Cycles are
repeated several times before morning. 3. Like Getting a Sloth of a Bed
17. Sleeping Posture Shows Personality
You most often find that getting out of
Irrespective of the position you slept in,
11. So Quick to Fall Asleep? bed early in the morning is the hardest thing to
a little while later you change into a natural
If you fall asleep in less than 5 minutes, do. You feel like a 1000 boulders holding you
position that your body feels most comfortable
it’s highly probable that you’re sleep deprived. down to bed with all the lethargy in the world.
in. Some curl into the fetal position showing
The usual time to fall asleep is 10 minutes or This condition is commonly known as Dystonia.
signs of longing comfort, while some sleep on
above.
one side with their arms on the side of their hips-
2. Altitude Disrupts Your Sleeping
showing a sign of discipline and a headstrong
10. Counting Sheep’s, Think Again! Unlike being present on sea-level, where
mentality.
You must have heard the ‘count sheep’s oxygen pressure is normal. As altitude increases,
and fall asleep’ story, we all lived by it through the decrease in oxygen percentage accounts for
16. Timely Exercise Helps Sleeping
our childhood. Scientist however have a disruption in sleep due to the difficulty in
Having an active lifestyle with
concluded that counting sheep does not help you breathing.
scheduled exercises increases metabolism and
fall asleep, rather the sheer boredom causes you
heart rate, thus requiring adequate rests period.
to deviate and fall sleep. 1. Watch Those Night Time Karate
Once during the night a moderately tired body
Some people tend to move a lot during
will sleep quicker and deeper.
9. Less Hours More Food Stimulation sleep, well that is in position. On the other hand,
Studies have showed that people who there are who actually use their hands and feet as
15. 17 Hours
suffer from sleep deprivation, tend to incline on well. They might even kick you off the bed, it’s
This is the maximum hours you can be
eating more with increased hunger urges. called Parasomnia.
awake before you start experiencing the
Unconsciously, the condition has led
symptoms of sleep deprivation. That include
impaired vision and motor functions as that of a 8. Be a Guru in Cramming people in sleep driving and even murder among
It’s shown that sleeping directly after a extreme cases. []
person with a blood alcohol level of 0.5%
period of learning something new, enhances
memory and effectiveness.
14. Temperature Does Matter
It’s quite difficult for the body to sleep
7. Parenthood Sleeplessness
the first time when the temperature is too high.
Newbie parents loose roughly 6 months
In order for you to sleep, the temperature does
of sleep during the first two years of raising a
decrease within the body, in order to initiate the
child.
process of sleep.
6. Sleeping Like a Disney Princess
13 You Can’t Argue With Your Body Clock