Sleep is somewhat of a mystery. As humans
we spend an average of 25 years sleeping,that's one third of our life. Many people are still unaware of just what happens when we close our eyes. Time to change this!
We hope that our list equips you with some fun and useful new information about sleep - but
if we find out that you're using your sleeping time to read this, we will look for you, we will find you, and we will tuck you in really, really tight.
1. Human is the only mammal that willingly delay sleep.
How nice it must be to just go to sleep, whenever and whenever you are!
2. Falling asleep should take you 10 to 20 minutes.
Experts say you should be cruising to dreamland within 10 to 20 minutes of your head hitting the pillow. If you fall asleep within 5 minutes,you're sleep deprived; if it takes more than 15 minutes, you could be suffering from insomnia.
3. Women sleep more than men.
The reason for this is women are more likely to multi-task,meaning their brain work harder and therefore take longer to recover.
4. 12% of people dream entirely in black and white.
Before colour television was introduced,only 5% of people dreamt in colour. Older people dream in black and white more often than younger people.
5. Within 5 minutes of waking up, 50% of your dream is forgotten.
After an additional 5 minutes,90% of recollection is gone. Sigmund freud believed this was,because dreams represent our repressed thoughts and so our brain wants to get rid of them quickly. However it's much more likely due to our brain simply being used much more as soon as we're awake and so we forget much of what we've dreamed about.
6. It is thought that upto 15% of population are sleepwalkers.
This is according to the National Sleep Foundation. It's also a myth that you shouldn't wake someone who is sleepwalking.
7. Jerking awake is a real condition.
Ever had that uncomfortable feeling when you're half asleep and suddenly you jolt awake? It's called a hypnogogic jerk, a harmless involuntary contraction of muscles. It could be accompanied by a sensation of falling. That certainly makes it uncomfortable,but it's a normal phenomenon. 70% of people have experienced atleast one and an unlucky 10% have it daily.
8. 30 minutes of exercise each day correlates with 14 extra minutes of sleep per night.
However exercising sporadically or right before going to bed will make falling asleep more difficult.
9. Being unable to get out of bed in the morning is a medical condition.
If you're finding it especially difficult to part with your pillow in the morning, you could have a condition called dysania. According to researchers, it can be caused by nutritional deficiency, depression or other issues.
10. Parasomnia is a term that refers to unnatural movement during your sleep.
Some people have even committed crime due to parasomnia, including sleep driving and even murder.
11. Research shows, a lack of sleep can cause weight gain.
Not only that, but when you're asleep you can actually burn calories, so sleep is so important if you want to maintain a healthy weight.
12. Sleeping face up prevents wrinkles.
To prevent gravitational folds, elastic creases or crow's feet, sleep face up. Studies show sleeping on your stomach or side puts repeated pressure on your facial muscles, which leads to the breakdown of collagen.
13. Those who born blind experience dreams involving things such as emotion,sound and smell rather than sight.
This is a topic that is really quite interesting and the timing of the blindness in a person's life may impact what that person dream about. There's plenty more on this blind can dream.
14. Using your phone or a tablet before bed can affect your sleep.
Any light before bed isn't good for getting off to sleep. However the blue light emitted by technology is twice as bad.
Secretion of melatonin, the sleep inducing hormone is impacted by light and by blue light in particular.
15. Newborns sleep on an average of 15-16 hours.
Sleep on an irregular schedule with periods of one to three hours spent awake.
16. Sleeping under a weighted blanket can improve your sleep.
It is also proven that it help those who suffer from insomnia and anxiety.
17. Sleep cleans out the brain.
During sleep,the body heals and recharge itself, particularly the brain, which flushes away toxins to prevent the buildup of plaques.
18. Sleep deprivation will kill you more quickly than food deprivation.
Neither are good for you,obviously. But some studies claims that sleep is actually more important than food in the short term.
19. Being awake for this long is the same as being drunk.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,being awake for 18 hours is the same as having a blood-alcohol level of 0.05 percent. (the legal limit in most states is 0.08 percent)
20. You can survive for 60 days without eating, but people can only live 11 days without sleeping.
DID YOU KNOW?
➡Two third's of cat's life is spent asleep.
This will come as no surprise to most cat owners. Every sofa is a sofa bed to them. Otherwise found on your favourite seat or computer keyboard.
➡ A giraffe only meed 1.9 hours to sleep a day, whereas a brown bat needs 19.9 hours a day.
➡ Sea otters hold hands in their sleep.
To stop themselves drifting away, sea otters hold hands in their sleep. These animals sleep on their backs in the water, in huddles. If one of them can't find a hand to hold,they have been known to wrap themselves around kelp or seaweed instead.
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