With the rapid changes of the times and the intensification of competition, insomnia has become a great enemy that threatens human health. Researchers at the North Valley Insomnia Center in California, USA, believeHalf of the population does not get enough sleep, and the causes are very complex, such as anxiety, fear, depression, etcThe root causes of these emotions may be unemployment, unemployment, layoffs, relationship problems, marital relationship problems, children's education problems, promotions, housing divisions, long salaries, broken love, frustrations, adversity, and so on.
Traditional Chinese medicine theory believes that "yin is flat and yang secret, and the spirit is solid". Both too much sleep and too little sleep are unhealthy, and both are manifestations of an imbalance between yin and yang.
Many people of insight also attach great importance to napping, and the ancient and have "flat scrolls throw out of nap long", "do not look for immortals to find sleep". According to research, there are two peak sleep periods in a day, the main peak of the first peak, which is located around 2 a.m. The main peak of the second peak is located around 2 p.m. People feel sleepy and tired after lunch, and taking a nap at this time can help relieve fatigue and restore energyThe astonishing energy of the world's richest RockefellerIt is inseparable from its half-hour nap at noon every day. When he was napping, he wouldn't answer even if the United States called. Baseball star Contay Mayok told people that if he didn't take a nap before every big game, he would be exhausted by the fifth inning, but if he had to sleep for a while, he would feel energized and play amazingly.
The amount of sleep varies according to the individual, and it is directly or indirectly related to age, gender, genetics, work nature, and occupational Xi nature. People who sleep less, who are ambitious, confident, and challenging. Most of these people belong to the blood type of "0" or "B" blood type, and their temperament is mostly "choleric" and "polybloody" people. Because such people have a "bright mind", they often only sleep for 5-6 hours, but they are still energetic and young, which is directly related to their strong sense of mission. For example, the French poet Voltaire only sleeps 3 hours a night, and the great inventor Edison generally sleeps only 2-3 hours each time, and sometimes takes a temporary nap for 1 hour when he is seriously sleepy during the dayIt is reported that he does not have a regular sleep schedule, and he can sleep whenever he wants, whether it is in the office, experimentsroomDay or night, he wakes up and immediately goes to work or experiments. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher also only needed a few hours of sleep .......
There are exceptions among outstanding geniuses, such as Einstein who sleeps up to 12 hours a day, and outstanding writers such as Lu Xun and Mo Baisang who are Xi to working at night and sleeping during the day, belonging to the typical "owl type". Some writers, such as Yao Xueyin, like to get up early in the morning to write, are typical "lark-type" people.
Please note that there are particularities and universalities, such as the sleep time of each age.
It is a teenager, and the sleep is relatively longer than that of adults, 11-17 years old, the amount of deep sleep decreases but the total amount of sleep increases, and teenagers can sleep about 10 hours per night. Nowadays, the pressure of primary and secondary school students is too great, the amount Xi of homework is too much, and the normal sleep needs are usually not satisfied, so it is easy to lose concentration during the day, sleep and sleepy, memory loss, and some cause headaches, dizziness, high blood pressure symptoms, which can not be ignored.
From adulthood to middle age, adults between the ages of 20 and 30 also have a stable sleep pattern if they develop a routine. At the age of 20, the night's sleep is generally 7-8 hours, mainly composed of 1It consists of 5 hours of deep sleep, about 4 hours of light sleep, and about 2 hours of REM sleep.
Men are 40-45 years old, and women's sleep patterns begin to change at the age of 50-55 years. Especially when women reach menopause, hormonal changes affect the quality of the length of sleep in women. Women with PMS have fewer REM and deep sleep before menopause, and if they don't get enough sleep at this time, they feel more overly tired mood swings.
During the first 3 months of pregnancy, pregnant women feel tired during the day and want to take a nap. A study by the University of California in the United States found that this is related to less time and more sleep disturbance in pregnant women, which is caused by the increase in flavonoids in pregnant women.
AuthorMany women with menopausal syndrome are often affected by hot flashesNight sweats, irritability, etc. affect sleep, and at this time, the effect is often not ideal only by taking sleeping and sedative drugs. On the other hand, some women instead have more deep sleep after menopauseStudies have shown that women live longer than men, which may be related to having more deep sleep.
From middle age to old age, people gradually sleep less, and most people sleep less than 7 hours a night by the age of 70. People in this age group are only 23 minutes in deep sleep, and the vast majority of sleep is in light sleep and is often disturbed.
For each specific person, sleep is just an instinctive activity that can be changed by Xi, and we can make corrections according to our specific situation to ensure health and longevity.
Due to individual differences, some children are born without a need for longer periods of sleep, and sleep less as adults. Practice has proved that many people who think they have insomnia do not realize that they just need less time to sleep, some people need 9 hours of undisturbed sleep, some people may be able to meet their physiological needs in 6 hours, and some people can take multiple short naps while still having strong energy, such as Edison's sleep Xi.
For this reason, you are reminded that you must not blindly compare yourself with others and limit yourself completely according to the general rulesOnly those that work for you are the best sleep patterns.