I noticed that when my health was bad or when I had a stressful job I could sleep 10 hours a day probably - I know that if I had a long day at work and only got 6 hours of sleep I would wake up very tired and with adrenaline pumping - did not feel well rested at all - I would get so tired from my job that I would take a nap during my lunch break sometimes or even nap as soon as I got home
"When you catch a nasty cold, curling up in bed to sleep may be the only activity you can manage. Sleeping in response to stress isn't a uniquely human behavior: many other animals have the same reaction, and it's not clear why"
"Prior studies had found that sleep-deprived rodents grow fewer new neurons than well-rested animals, suggesting that sleep somehow promotes the birth of brain cells, called neurogenesis. But that might not be the case: researchers report instead that lack of sleep likely cuts into neurogenesis by triggering a harmful stress response."
scientificamerican.com/article/stressed-rats-cast-doubt/
"Psychological stressors have a prominent effect on sleep in general, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in particular. Disruptions in sleep are a prominent feature, and potentially even the hallmark, of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Ross et al., 1989). Animal models are critical in understanding both the causes and potential treatments of psychiatric disorders."
Lately I've been experimenting with interesting sleep factors - I notice that now that I am very low-stress throughout the day and that if I sleep with a heat lamp on near my bed - I wake up after 5.5-6 hours feeling well rested - this had never happened to me before this
Is there a lot more to sleep than this or is this most of what the body needs to do ?
I have recently viewed sleep as the way of the body healing of everything we do throughout the day and I do think that one knows when their sleep is adequate when they feel "well rested" rather than counting the number of hours- I was thinking It's interesting that one feels inclined to nap or sleep after a physically exhausting activity maybe when their thyroid isn't supporting them and they are running on stress hormones - does the body induce the sleepiness to then heal from the damage done by the stress hormones ?
If our sleep environment is metabolically encouraging (i.e. sleeping with a small light on that is on the warm-color spectrum or something similar) does that reduce the time needed for our bodies to sleep ?
Stressed-out worms hit the snooze button
When you catch a nasty cold, curling up in bed to sleep may be the only activity you can manage. Sleeping in response to stress isn't a uniquely human behavior: many other animals have the same reaction, and it's not clear why. While the circadian sleep that follows the pattern of the clock has...
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"When you catch a nasty cold, curling up in bed to sleep may be the only activity you can manage. Sleeping in response to stress isn't a uniquely human behavior: many other animals have the same reaction, and it's not clear why"
Stressed Rats Cast Doubt on Sleep's Ability to Produce New Neurons
www.scientificamerican.com
"Prior studies had found that sleep-deprived rodents grow fewer new neurons than well-rested animals, suggesting that sleep somehow promotes the birth of brain cells, called neurogenesis. But that might not be the case: researchers report instead that lack of sleep likely cuts into neurogenesis by triggering a harmful stress response."
scientificamerican.com/article/stressed-rats-cast-doubt/
"Psychological stressors have a prominent effect on sleep in general, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in particular. Disruptions in sleep are a prominent feature, and potentially even the hallmark, of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Ross et al., 1989). Animal models are critical in understanding both the causes and potential treatments of psychiatric disorders."
Lately I've been experimenting with interesting sleep factors - I notice that now that I am very low-stress throughout the day and that if I sleep with a heat lamp on near my bed - I wake up after 5.5-6 hours feeling well rested - this had never happened to me before this
Is there a lot more to sleep than this or is this most of what the body needs to do ?
I have recently viewed sleep as the way of the body healing of everything we do throughout the day and I do think that one knows when their sleep is adequate when they feel "well rested" rather than counting the number of hours- I was thinking It's interesting that one feels inclined to nap or sleep after a physically exhausting activity maybe when their thyroid isn't supporting them and they are running on stress hormones - does the body induce the sleepiness to then heal from the damage done by the stress hormones ?
If our sleep environment is metabolically encouraging (i.e. sleeping with a small light on that is on the warm-color spectrum or something similar) does that reduce the time needed for our bodies to sleep ?
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