A new study from the University in Germany was released to show that people solve problems in their dreams(duh) but the interesting thing is that it's just now being scientifically proven.
For adults about 8 hours are required for the brain to recoup and be ready for the next day. The brain never shuts down it just goes into another state of thinking called Rapid eye movement (REM) which is crucial for the brain's functioning properly. Without REM, you would go crazy. So, all you End Up, all nighters/weekend dancers, remember to go to bed.... to sleep! Peace
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Re: Sleeping is crucial
Thu, January 22, 2004 - 8:25 PMIt seems like in the past 2 weeks there's been a lot of talk about the necessity for at least 6+ hours of sleep.
BusinessWeek magazine (Jan. 26 issue) had a cover story on sleep disorders. From the top of my head (and it might come from other sources as well), we need at least 6 hours to get enough REM cycles for our experiences to be stored well enough into long-term memory. The article also goes on to calculate the cost of sleep disorders per year - $18B (lost productivity) + $14B (health care) + $13B (auto accidents) = $45 billion in total.
Other old news (what an oxymoron!) state that the continual lack of sleep can cause serious harm to the body, such as becoming more prone to being diabetic.
Today I also read on abcnews.com that chronic morning headaches may be attributed to sleep and what goes on during sleep (i.e. grinding teeth and problems breathing).
I, unfortunately, have been getting only 5 1/2 hours on weekdays (10+ on weekends) since the beginning of January, but I'm going to try and increment by 1/2 hour until I reach somewhere between 7-8 hours. -
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Fri, January 23, 2004 - 3:35 PMI'm going out tonight for a Birth party in S.F. I have a feeling that I will be sleep deprived tomorrow. I hope that Zzzzzzzzzz...
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Sun, March 21, 2004 - 10:52 PMthanx for the info about headaches and sleeping. it hadnt occurred to me to associate the two. ive always considered the hyper-somnia i deal with as a symptom of depression. for the past year ive been getting "post-wake-up"-headaches - now i have a reason to assume they arent due to something horrible like a brain tumor...
google-is-your-friend - i used "chronic morning headaches sleep" to find the articles mentioned.
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Thu, January 22, 2004 - 11:25 PMFor about 2 months now I've been getting 12 hours of sleep a day.
Life is good! -
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Fri, January 23, 2004 - 3:24 AMmy human went about 8 months on about 2 hours of sleep a day due to illness in the family. she swears her memory and concentration have never totally recovered and felt like total shite for about 6 months after the whole ordeal. -
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Tue, March 23, 2004 - 4:00 PMI did the same thing while I partied in the City for several months. I am starting to recover and my nerve endings are recovering but, that is the point. Sleeping is needed to recover from traumatic things. That's we get sleepy after mentally traumatic experiences. Don't worry kitty, your master will be fine. She just needs to pet you more and she'll be fine. -
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Tue, March 23, 2004 - 9:35 PMSleep is essential.
We must reboot.
The current lit-ra-ture suggests that 7 hours a day is best.
7 hour sleepers live longer than 6, 8 or 9 hour sleepers.
Wierd huh?
\I need so much sleep.
i love to dream, it s fascinating.
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