Do you ever feel deprived of sleep? With busy modern lifestyles, many of us are getting less sleep than we used to. This could be harmful of your memory.
We spend up to a third of our lives asleep, yet scientists still don't quite understand why. What we've learned during the day could be sorted and stored during dreaming at night.
In people who've undergone during severe sleep deprivation, hallucinations are a common side effect. It's almost as thought the brain has to dream regularly in order to stay sane.
Here's an idea for you...
Try the following to get a good night's sleep:
- Avoid caffeinated drinks for at least four hours before bedtime
- Try to get some exercise during the day and much natural light during the day as you can
- Don't work or watch TV in your bedroom
- Dim the lights a short time before bed
- Do something relaxing, such as taking a hot- bath or drinking a hot (non-caffeinated!) drink.
- Avoid watching exciting TV shows or concentrating on anything demanding of your attention for an hour before bedtime.
Equally, younger people seem to need more sleep than older people, and the former have more information to lay down into memories. Nevertheless, sleep does seem to help us remember things we had forgotten during the day. It's almost as though, during sleep, our brain searches through the thoughts and memories of the day.
"Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind."
William G. Golding
Many people find that if they go to sleep thinking about a problem, they can often wake up with a solution. If you don't get enough sleep, or sleep poorly. resist the temptation to lie in bed in the morning, and instead, if possible, have a fifteen-minute nap, mid-afternoon.
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