The Benefits Of Sleep

Truly at one time or the other we have all been sleep deprived knowing how cranky that can make one feel. Sleep is undeniably the greatest of healing therapies and how much you get is important to reap its benefits.

You might not be getting enough sleep if you are in a chronically cranky or neurotic state.

It is important to realise that sleep is not a waste of time or a state of inactivity, it serves a purpose.

A lot of people cannot get enough sleep because they work long hours and have to get up early to beat the traffic on our roads.

It is difficult to get the recommended eight hours of sleep by our doctors every night unless you have loads of time and  freedom. Busy people get about 5-6 hours of sleep and this deprivation can account for a myriad of human error mishaps such as road traffic accident and life threatening errors in judgment.

It is worthy to know that without enough sleep work performance is adversely affected.

Getting enough sleep could change you as a person as this will definitely put you in  a better mood with improved mental clarity that will boost your overall efficiency.

If you do not get enough sleep your mood dedlines, depression and stress step in.

It has been discovered that some mild psychological disorders may be as a result of lack of sleep.

It is believed that during sleep, new information is stored in long term memory and that the brain creates new neural circuits. During dream sleep, our most bizarre thought can be vented out in the mind and lack of this type of sleep could lead to hallucinations, depression and violence.

people who sleep well are able to keep more ideas in their heads simultaneously and are able to think more clearly.

Quality of sleep is as important as duration.

Interrupted sleep is not as beneficial as straight sleep even if they are for the same period of time. Sleep deprivation could lead to metabolic and hormonal imbalance exposing you to several life threatening diseases like diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

The body works hard to regenerate itself during the night and to repair environmental danger to the cells.

Sleep is very important for overall health and affects the way your skin looks.

If your mattress is uncomfortable you may end up  tossing and turning all night, so getting the right type of mattress encourages rest full sleep.

Tips To Help You Sleep

Establishing a comforting rout before bed time like drinking a glass of warm milk or a cup of chamomile tea could help.

Avoid caffeine after 2.pm.

Avoid rigorous exercise for 5 hours before bed time.

Avoid heavy meals with in 3 hours of your bed time.

Read yourself to sleep

Empty your bladder before you get into bed.

Spray an auromatic pillow mist such as “sleep penchance to dream” pillow mist by origins.

Julie Jumbo