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tomoya-kun:
--- Quote from: Meandola on July 18, 2011, 08:01:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on July 18, 2011, 07:57:18 PM ---Actually, a good thing to do is eat lots of food, making u sleeps
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Only if you also want to get a stomach from here to tokyo, eating before you sleep is absolutely terrible
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What happens?
Ixarku:
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on July 18, 2011, 09:10:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: Meandola on July 18, 2011, 08:01:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on July 18, 2011, 07:57:18 PM ---Actually, a good thing to do is eat lots of food, making u sleeps
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Only if you also want to get a stomach from here to tokyo, eating before you sleep is absolutely terrible
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What happens?
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Acid indigestion. Laying flat, the acid your stomach is producing to digest your food spreads out and blah blah blah something bad happens, resulting in stomach ache. Digestive problems (Crohn’s disease, ulcers, gall bladder issues, probably acid reflux, etc) run in my family, so this is yet another thing I have to be careful of, too. I can’t count the number of times I’ve woken up at 2am, even when my dinner was at 7 or 8pm, and spent an hour or more writhing in pain until the antiacid medication kicks in. (Being sedentary doesn’t help, either.) I’m glad I don’t have Crohn’s; those who have it have my deepest sympathies.
mgz:
--- Quote from: Saras on July 17, 2011, 11:43:40 AM ---First thing first, 8 hours is not the de facto time every human needs to sleep. Generally, if you get more than ~5-6 hours, you're fine if you feel fine, if not, then sleep some more. Especially if you lead a sedentary life, a.k.a. your body doesn't need to fix muscle/bone tears or just general physical trauma on a day to day basis. No, wankers cramp does not count. Also, I remember reading a study that people who get ~6 hours of sleep a day tend to live longer than the lot doing 8.
Next, there is a distinction between a sleeping drugs and sedatives. Avoid sleeping drugs if they are not vital to your sleep. Sleeping drugs knock you out, they do not get you to actually sleep. A little alcohol works as a sedative, which helps one reduce the amount of time to fall to sleep. However, anything beyond the little, and your body has to kick itself into overdrive to balance your bodies chemical composition, which makes for quite a shitty night of sleep.
Now then, to actual things that will help you. The human body is a slave of habit, so learn to make use of that.
As mentioned, consistency is a good start. If you go to bed every day at 11pm, your body will memorize it and it will become easier to go sleep. Hell I don't even use an alarm clock, I always wake up at 5.55-6.00am. Why? Because I've been doing it for years and my body knows it.
Second, make sure that the bed or the bedroom (optionally, I know some people are basically stuck in a single room) only function is that of sleeping or sex, nothing else. Do not use your as a place to lie down, do not use it to read books, watch movies on your laptop... ect. If you can make your body memorize that the bed = sleep. It'll help a lot in the long run.
Whether exercise or caffeine, tea or warm milk will affect your sleep is very individual and the amount of the effect can range from a mild sedative or disturbance that can be ignored to a "you will not sleep" drug.
Also, if you do indeed sleep for ~8+ hours a night. It is not rare to wake up in the middle of the night after a few hours sleep. It is a natural adaptation to the long nights of the winter cycle. It's not a problem or an issue, just stay still for a few minutes and you'll fall asleep again.
For the blue light problem, there's a free program called F.lux, which adjust the "coldness" of the display based on the position of the sun. I'd recommend it if you use the computer throughout the day.
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its also not uncommon for people to be fine on 3-5 hours of sleep.
tomoya-kun:
--- Quote from: mgz on July 19, 2011, 12:44:02 AM ---
--- Quote from: Saras on July 17, 2011, 11:43:40 AM ---First thing first, 8 hours is not the de facto time every human needs to sleep. Generally, if you get more than ~5-6 hours, you're fine if you feel fine, if not, then sleep some more. Especially if you lead a sedentary life, a.k.a. your body doesn't need to fix muscle/bone tears or just general physical trauma on a day to day basis. No, wankers cramp does not count. Also, I remember reading a study that people who get ~6 hours of sleep a day tend to live longer than the lot doing 8.
Next, there is a distinction between a sleeping drugs and sedatives. Avoid sleeping drugs if they are not vital to your sleep. Sleeping drugs knock you out, they do not get you to actually sleep. A little alcohol works as a sedative, which helps one reduce the amount of time to fall to sleep. However, anything beyond the little, and your body has to kick itself into overdrive to balance your bodies chemical composition, which makes for quite a shitty night of sleep.
Now then, to actual things that will help you. The human body is a slave of habit, so learn to make use of that.
As mentioned, consistency is a good start. If you go to bed every day at 11pm, your body will memorize it and it will become easier to go sleep. Hell I don't even use an alarm clock, I always wake up at 5.55-6.00am. Why? Because I've been doing it for years and my body knows it.
Second, make sure that the bed or the bedroom (optionally, I know some people are basically stuck in a single room) only function is that of sleeping or sex, nothing else. Do not use your as a place to lie down, do not use it to read books, watch movies on your laptop... ect. If you can make your body memorize that the bed = sleep. It'll help a lot in the long run.
Whether exercise or caffeine, tea or warm milk will affect your sleep is very individual and the amount of the effect can range from a mild sedative or disturbance that can be ignored to a "you will not sleep" drug.
Also, if you do indeed sleep for ~8+ hours a night. It is not rare to wake up in the middle of the night after a few hours sleep. It is a natural adaptation to the long nights of the winter cycle. It's not a problem or an issue, just stay still for a few minutes and you'll fall asleep again.
For the blue light problem, there's a free program called F.lux, which adjust the "coldness" of the display based on the position of the sun. I'd recommend it if you use the computer throughout the day.
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its also not uncommon for people to be fine on 3-5 hours of sleep.
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I do it but its not fun
jetoxxx:
More sleep deprivation will make you sleep, but I don't think that's healthy. Try Unisom or some other non addictive sleep aid. Lay in a comfortable place with no TV or computer. Make sure it's dark. Sweet dreams.
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