15 Myths About Sleep

5 – Alcohol,

• The rumour goes that if you’re feeling a buzz from alcohol, you’ll actually sleep better because you’ll essentially pass out or get more relaxed from a single beer
• However, while this is true, the side effects nullify the positives – if you have a drink, no matter what size right before bed, it actually affects your deep sleep, disrupting it constantly
• Not to mention it leads to snoring and worse breathing, both of which make you feel awful the next day

4 – Stay in Bed,

• If you spend more time in bed, you’ll eventually get so bored that you’ll HAVE to sleep – right?
• Well unfortunately, your mind will start to associate bed with being awake, when it’s supposed to be the opposite – and spending LESS time in bed promotes actually sleeping
• If you’re awake and alert, the best thing you can do is move outside your room for a while until you feel tired again

3 – Cheating Time,

• Can you cheat yourself out of one less hour of sleep per night without any negative side effects?
• Well, the fact is your body should be used to a certain routine, and to deviate impairs your ability to think and react as fast – even if you don’t feel tired during the day
• It also makes you more prone to infections and even compromises your cardiovascular health if you keep doing it

2 – Night Terrors,

• Nightmares are extremely common, and they’re actually related to sleepwalking, bedwetting, sleep talking and teeth grinding – harmless, but unpleasant
• On the other hand, night terrors are different – they happen BEFORE you go to sleep right when you’re getting drowsy, and it terrifies you right to the core
• Most common in children, after you have one you might start screaming, and then the next morning you can’t even recall it happening – a great way to scare the shit out of your parents

1 – Sleeping Pills

• If you have insomnia, you might’ve turned to sleeping pills as a rather effective treatment – but the truth is they’re only designed for short-term use in temporary insomnia
• The health risks for taking even just a few sleeping pills in a given year is high – an increased risk of cancer and general health problems
• The root of your insomnia should be dealt with long before you develop a reliance on pills – and even just to reset your sleeping pattern which could be better solved with cognitive behavioural therapy

 

 

 

 

 

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http://sleepjunkies.com

http://www.huffingtonpost.com

http://www.webmd.com

http://www.high50.com

http://psychcentral.com

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