Sleep is an essential element in our lives, it allows us recharge our energy and function properly. The number of complaints about lack of sleep, nightmares or lack of energy upon waking seems to be growing and the reasons are varied. Research has confirmed some of these reasons while rejecting others..
Because you need 5 to 8 hours of sleep to feel recharged, it is crucial to know some of the elements that affect you to change some and improve the sleep experience.
Dr. Calvin Kai-Ching Yu conducted a study with 670 participants and determined that Sleeping on your stomach can increase the chances of violent and sexual dreams. Their explanations suggest that by sleeping on our stomach we put more pressure on our face and this leads to a feeling of arousal and suffocation..
Another study showed that the rate of nightmares was significantly higher in people who slept to the left (40.9%) than in those who slept to the right (14.6%).
They don't have to be recent thoughts. You can dream about something that crossed your mind in a split second days, months or even years ago. Research shows that trying to suppress thoughts makes them more persistent.
Quitting a habit could result in a dream vivid. Dr. Patrick McNamara conducted a study in which he found that 63% of smokers still dream about smoking one year after quitting.
A low blood sugar It could be the cause of waking up more during the night, which means you would remember more than you dreamed of. Also, it would be normal for some of those dreams to include meals.
A small study showed that the effect of pleasant and unpleasant smells in dreams. While it seemed that the smells were not registered in the dreams, the 15 participants had a pleasant sleep when they smelled something they liked and unpleasant dreams when they smelled rotten eggs.
Have you ever heard your alarm clock in a dream? Unlike smells, sounds enter our dreams and alter their course.
Dr. Jayne Gackenbach found in research that video games improve control and awareness in dreams.
He suggested that people who play video games have a lot of experience in controlling a virtual environment. Even more than that, dreams could have more intense actions and scenes.
Antidepressants could increase nightmares according to Dr. Barrett. People taking antidepressants have been found to have more intense dreams and some of them include nightmares.
Spicy foods or any food that can give more work to the stomach, could lead to waking up and remembering dreams better.
Waking up after a dream is related to a better memory of it. This would explain why people who suffer from indigestion comment that they have more dreams (actually they remember them better).
According to Dr. Barrett, what do you do before going to sleep matters. The music, temperature, state of mind, what you eat, the conversations, everything will have an impact on your sleep..
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