Sleep is one of the basic physiological needs of human beings, a kind of active rest process necessary for the body to restore energy, sleep activity is a neurophysiological process of the human brain, energy is stored during sleep, which is conducive to mental and physical recovery, good sleep marks normal brain function, therefore, adequate sleep is the key to protect the brain and good mind-body function.
Insomnia usually includes difficulty falling asleep, frequent waking up and early awakening. Longer periods of insomnia can affect one’s psychophysiological functions. Psychologically, it can produce fatigue and a sense of lethargy, and emotions can become restless, difficulty concentrating, memory and thinking agility can be reduced, and behavior can be affected. From the physiological point of view, long-term insomnia can cause endocrine disorders, abnormal body sensations (such as fear of cold, excessive sweating, generalized blazing heat, etc.). Changes in heart function (such as tachycardia, premature beats, and even atrial fibrillation) and heart-born diseases such as hypertension and diabetes can easily arise, so insomnia is definitely in need of treatment.
Before treatment, first of all, it is necessary to understand that human sleep is cyclical, it exists in two sleep phases, namely: rapid eye movement period and non-rapid eye movement period alternate with each other, and adults have 4-6 sleep cycles in one night.
Then, we need to clarify the following two questions:
1. What is dreaming all about? Does dreaming indicate poor sleep?
2. Is dreaming a deep sleep or a light sleep?
In fact, dreaming is a natural process, is a phenomenon of normal human psychophysiological activities, is the healthy development of the brain and the need to maintain normal thinking, is the result of the brain regulation center to balance the various functions of the body, when you wake up in the rapid eye movement period, then have a clear dreaming experience, and some people who claim not to dream, because they did not wake up in the rapid eye movement period, forget about their dreams. Don’t assume that dreaming is bad sleep.
Many people mistake dreaming for light sleep, when in fact dreaming is a sign of deep sleep.
However how to get a good sleep?
1. It is important to understand that sleep is a natural process and to cherish your sleep. Do not interfere with it artificially, such as do not play cards all night, Internet, etc. Do not think about things in your mind when you sleep, you should put down all the worries for a while.
2, must understand that human sleep is cyclical, sleep first into the non-rapid eye movement period, but when you go to bed, if you are in the rapid eye movement period, you can not fall asleep soon, then, please do not rush, wait patiently, wait until the next cycle to come naturally to sleep.
3, when you can not sleep, do not force yourself to count the numbers, do not keep turning over in bed, remember, when the night did not sleep well, the next day can not go to make up for sleep.
4, to understand that dreaming is a natural process, do not think that dreaming is bad sleep.
5, occasional insomnia, do not be alarmed, because occasional insomnia it does not affect the health of people.
6, the vast majority of insomniacs are nervous and anxious, overly worried about their sleep, so you need to relax their mood, do as nature intended.
7, it is very important for insomniacs to adjust their mindset, you need to adjust their sleep rhythm, no matter how much sleep you get at night, you can not make up for it during the day, get up on time in the morning, do not take sleep as a burden, let nature take its course, sleep again at night if you want to, do not lie in bed early and wait for sleep, do not look at the clock repeatedly, this is easy to anxiety, resulting in more difficult to fall asleep. When you can’t sleep, you have to tell yourself, I’ve had enough sleep, and closing your eyes is also a kind of rest. As long as you quiet your mind, sleep time will never be less for you.
8, I would like to caution everyone is that, for those who do have insomnia, but also can not be anxious and throw health care products and sleeping pills, because the causes of insomnia are many, first of all, to find out whether insomnia is due to physiological factors, environmental factors or physical factors, or psychological diseases, to find the cause can be the right treatment.
It is worth drawing attention to the following.
Do not buy health care products in the market indiscriminately, because some health care products can not improve sleep, but will aggravate the original disease, for example, if your insomnia is caused by depression, then you take health care products, such as brain platinum, but will make your insomnia and depression aggravated.
Sleeping pills should be taken under the guidance of a doctor, for example, if your insomnia is caused by depression or anxiety, then the treatment for insomnia will only be antidepressant or anti-anxiety, and insomnia will subsequently improve when combined with psychotherapy.