AUTHOR : RASOOL FATIMA
Benefits of good sleep:
Helps you to learn more: - Getting proper sleep in night helps you
to do your work actively throughout the day. People are more creative, productive
and usually give good performance at work and make less mistakes. It also helps
you in strengthening your memory and improves concentration and learning.
Keeps your body and mind fit: -Good sleep helps you to heal damaged cells,
good for physical health, heart, mind and other vital organ. It abbreviates
your level of stress, tension, anxiety and severe headaches. It also controls blood
glucose level, blood pressure and body temperature.
Keeps your heart healthy:–A proper sleeping schedule help your
cardiac vascular system to function properly. The chances of heart disease, stroke and
hypertension are greatly reduced.
You’ll be in a better mood: - Waking up in the morning after a good sleep will make you feel more energetic, refresh, calm and optimistic.
Helps in controlling body weight: – It keeps your body weight in control and
maintain hormonal balance that effect your appetite thus reducing your desire
for high calories food. An irritable and calm less mind require more food because of hyperactivity and cause abdominal discomforts.
Effects of improper sleep
Makes you feel lazy all day: - Improper sleep can have a harmful effect
on the body such as feeling sleepier in the day, getting tired easily,
difficulty in focusing , poor concentration and weak memory.
Poor effects on health: -It also includes effects of depression,
anxiety and severe headaches. Chronic sleep deprivation for a long time can
lead you into serious health problems such as heart diseases, high blood
pressure, stroke, diabetes.
Resulting in more accidents:–Improper sleep is one of the main reason
for many road accidents. Poor sleeping schedules causing fatigue can result in
more road accident.
Greater risk of disease:–When you sleep well, your immune system
produces certain antibodies that helps you to fight from bacteria and virus
thus saving you from getting ill.Inappropriate sleep makes your immune system
weak and you are more prone to disease and infections.
Mood swings:–It also affects your mental and emotional state. Sleep
deprivation makes you feel frustrated and you get easily angry on little things
making your mood worse.
Following tips
will help you to sleep better:
· Avoid
using the blue light exposure in the evening.
·
Follow
a proper sleeping schedule, get on bed and wake up daily at the same time. If
you are facing serious problems, avoid sleeping in the afternoon and taking
15-20 minutes nap.
·
Don’t
consume caffeine after the afternoon.
·
Keep
your room dark, cool and noise free.
·
Relaxing
mind by doing meditation or deep breathing before bed can also help you to
sleep properly.
·
Don’t
consume alcohol and avoid smoking before bed.
·
Stop
using electronic devices such as mobile phones, TV and laptop 30 minutes before
going to bed.
·
Get
a proper bed, mattress and pillow so that you don’t feel uncomfortable while
sleeping and always try to sleep on the same place.
·
Don’t
consume heavy meal just before going to the bed.
If you have complain of any dysfunction or disease which is preventing your sleep then consult your doctor, if you have symptoms of over thinking, stress or anxiety then also you may have lack of good sleep hour , in this situation you should seek counselling.
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Author - Rasool Fatima
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