Sleep is one of the basic physiological needs of human beings, is a kind of active rest process necessary for the body to restore energy, sleep activity is a neurophysiological process of the human brain, sleep energy is stored, conducive to the recovery of mental and physical strength, good sleep marks the normal brain function, therefore, sufficient sleep is the key to protect the brain, mind and body function is good.
With the development of society, the fierce competition in the market, the relative tension in interpersonal relationships, invariably bring huge pressure on people’s mind and body, if you can not relieve the pressure in a timely manner, heart-born diseases will follow, insomnia is the most common symptom.
A sound sleep is what insomniacs desire most. Because it can eliminate fatigue, maintain abundant energy, improve the efficiency of work and study; on the contrary, insomniacs usually feel distracted, dizzy, insomnia and anxiety.
Insomnia usually includes difficulty falling asleep, frequent waking and early awakening. Longer periods of insomnia can affect a person’s psychophysiological functions. Psychologically, it can produce fatigue and a sense of lethargy, and emotions can become restless, difficulty concentrating, and 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 and abnormal body sensations (such as fear of cold, excessive sweating, and 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 a night.
Then again, the following two questions should be clarified.
(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 the 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 can we get 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 they need to relax their mood and do what comes naturally.
In fact, it is very important for insomniacs to adjust their mindset, you need to adjust their sleep rhythm, no matter how well you sleep 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 if you want to at night, do not lie in bed early and wait for sleep, do not repeatedly look at the clock, which 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 short for you.
Finally, I would like to caution that for those who do have insomnia, they should not be anxious and throw health care products and sleeping pills, because there are many causes of insomnia, first of all, we must find out whether the insomnia is due to physiological factors, environmental factors or somatic factors, or psychological diseases, and only when we find the cause can we treat it.
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.