Tag Archive for 'sleep-myths'
Sleeping with the Right Celebrity
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung November 29th, 2007 in SLEEP Celebrity, Sleep Humor, Sleep Myths.
We all have our own world of fantasy. In most cases, we find ourselves wishing to be along with some popular celebrity, sleeping alongside them to our content. But with the wide array of celebrities available in the world, chances are these infatuated dreams of sleeping with them may become ever-changing.
We all know that dreams and wishes come true. But to wish for something like sleeping with them is wishful thinking. It is really more of a sexual fantasy that we all find and chances are we may come to a point of simply laughing about it. It is simply something that may be close to impossible.
(Source) Consequently, I believe that the entertainers we dream of being with define our sexual ideals (and peccadilloes). It says everything about who we really are and what we (at least think) we really want. This is why so many people in relationships have made pacts about what celebrities, if given a chance, they’re allowed to get a free pass to sleep with. In the end, they’re our defining fantasies, and we want to cling to the idea that they, like our dreams for happiness, could one day come true.
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Going the Distance without Sleep
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung November 15th, 2007 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues, Sleep Myths.
While we are all concerned about how long we can go without sleep, perhaps it would be best to look at it the other way. How long can you go without sleep? No this is not a challenge but it is something to which we can all share the reality that people who forego sleep cannot go very far.
Our bodies need to rest some time and this is when we have to sleep even for a short period of time. There is no such thing as a sleep-less person. It would be entirely crazy. Also, why would a person not want to sleep?
Unless you are aiming for a record, then perhaps it would be something for a purpose. But in reality, not sleeping is something we cannot survive for long. With that said, how long do you think you can stay awake?
Read more: How Long Can a Person Survive Without Sleep?
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On Sedatives and Sleeping Pills
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung October 20th, 2007 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Myths, Sleeping Pills.
At times, the best cure for people who are sick would be to get some sleep and rest. Along the way, we are prescribed with various forms of medicine and pills to assist us. Most of the time, the said pills will get us groggy and sleepy, technically categorizing them as sleeping pills with some components to address the illness we are complaining about.
While they are not really tagged as sleeping pills, it would be best to take note of the limitations. They are prescribed to help combat off illness and not serve as sleeping aids for us. Some people have used them at times to address sleeping problems which should not be the case.
They may help make people sleep at times and side effects should be considered. If people are not careful, these may be more controversial than just addressing the sleeping problem they have at the moment.
Source: Look before you sleep!
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Uneasy Sleeping When Your Partner is Away
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung October 15th, 2007 in How to sleep better, SLEEP Psychology, Sleep Issues, Sleep Myths.
For couples, it is only normal to be used to having someone being there by your bedside all the time when sleeping time comes. It has become automatic for most people to have lesser worries as far as security for one, knowing that their special and trusted loved one is by their side, sleeping or at least within sight.
Most critics may call it a mental or psychological factor. However, it is only customary for people to fit in comfortably into wherever they are placed. Beds for one are not immediately deemed the best fit to lie on until the person has fully adjusted towards it. The same goes to sleeping with someone by your side.
Some people just find it entirely empty to see a bare bed space in their room. They just don’t feel comfortable with the idea that the usual person at their side is nowhere in sight.
Read more: Trouble Sleeping Alone
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Warm Milk Does Not Make People Sleep Better
1 Comment Published by Brian Yalung October 12th, 2007 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Issues, Sleep Myths.
Prior to what we have all been oriented ever since, warm milk which was believed to be a good resort for people having a hard time to sleep is not an answer to all the worries of most people. It is more of a psychological factor that has been passed on that has been making most of us believe that it is a good solution to sleep deprived people.
Few foods have a reputation for curing insomnia quite like warm milk.
According to age-old wisdom, milk is chock full of tryptophan, the sleep-inducing amino acid that is also well-known for its presence in another food thought to have sedative effects: turkey.
But whether milk can induce sleep is debatable, and studies suggest that if it does, the effect has little to do with tryptophan. To have any soporific effect, tryptophan has to cross the blood-brain barrier. And in the presence of other amino acids, that is difficult for it to do.
Source: STUDIES: Milk at bedtime may be soothing, probably not sleep-inducing
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