The topic of Sleeeep.............
I was reading up on sleep today (yea, i know, kinda behind, but i'll catch up) and I have to say it was pretty fascinating to me about how people go through sleep every night and what happens within it. I was pretty suprised that about 58% of Americans experience insomnia: I never knew the numbers were that high. Also, how if you don't get enough sleep in one night you actually have little "mili sleeps" that occur during the day, lasting about a few second or so, where you don't even know you're sleeping. That can explain a lot of reasons why you sometimes "are there but aren't quite there" type of thing.
However, one of the most interesting things that hit me was sleep apnea, where you actually repeatedly lose your breath during the night. Then carbon dioxide builds up in your blood and you begin the snore or take in gulps of air. This was interesting because I never knew that you lose your breath during the night as you're sleeping. I knew that you breath less but not losing your breath entirely! Good thing I don't snore (much) then.
Another cool thing in my opinion is sleepwalking. That's gotta be pretty crazy, to get up in the middle of the night and not know what you're doing and then go do something. I'm imagining if someone was to sleepwalk and get their keys, go into their car, and start driving around, since according to our text sleepwalkers have quite an easy time dodging obstacles however are poorly coordinated. Has this ever happened to anyone, to sleepwalk into their car or rather, sleepdrive?
And I don't know if this happens to anyone, but no matter what kind of dream I'm having (ie nightmare, night terror, good dream, etc) I always seem to be aware of the fact that I'm dreaming. It always clicks at some point, and if it's a bad dream i'll be happy it's not happening, or if it's a good dream i'll get sad cause it will be over soon. However, lately some nightmares i've been having have even lasted while i'm awake, until about 20 or 30 seconds later where I say to myself, "wait, it was just a dream!"
Because of all the dreaming going on, and the way we "recover" during sleep and in fact spend about 22 years of our life doing it, it's gotta be one important aspect of our lives. Dreams are interesting because in my opinion it's our way of discovering what's really bothering us or what we need to do. As if it's our mind giving us suggestions, but not knowing how to speak our language. And now I understand when I was younger how my mom wanted me to sleep early...
However, one of the most interesting things that hit me was sleep apnea, where you actually repeatedly lose your breath during the night. Then carbon dioxide builds up in your blood and you begin the snore or take in gulps of air. This was interesting because I never knew that you lose your breath during the night as you're sleeping. I knew that you breath less but not losing your breath entirely! Good thing I don't snore (much) then.
Another cool thing in my opinion is sleepwalking. That's gotta be pretty crazy, to get up in the middle of the night and not know what you're doing and then go do something. I'm imagining if someone was to sleepwalk and get their keys, go into their car, and start driving around, since according to our text sleepwalkers have quite an easy time dodging obstacles however are poorly coordinated. Has this ever happened to anyone, to sleepwalk into their car or rather, sleepdrive?
And I don't know if this happens to anyone, but no matter what kind of dream I'm having (ie nightmare, night terror, good dream, etc) I always seem to be aware of the fact that I'm dreaming. It always clicks at some point, and if it's a bad dream i'll be happy it's not happening, or if it's a good dream i'll get sad cause it will be over soon. However, lately some nightmares i've been having have even lasted while i'm awake, until about 20 or 30 seconds later where I say to myself, "wait, it was just a dream!"
Because of all the dreaming going on, and the way we "recover" during sleep and in fact spend about 22 years of our life doing it, it's gotta be one important aspect of our lives. Dreams are interesting because in my opinion it's our way of discovering what's really bothering us or what we need to do. As if it's our mind giving us suggestions, but not knowing how to speak our language. And now I understand when I was younger how my mom wanted me to sleep early...