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☆ ‘I’m unable to respond:’ What it’s like to live with narcolepsy
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“What’s scary and embarrassing is that I can see people come to help me, but I’m unable to respond.”Horsnell has narcolepsy, a sleep disorder that makes it hard to stay awake for long periods. In fact, it’s estimated that only 25% of people who have narcolepsy are diagnosed and receive treatment, according to the Narcolepsy Network. “But the terrifying thing was, I’m lying in a puddle of my sweat and I’m hearing everybody whisper, ‘Is he OK? Horsnell’s experience with narcolepsy hallucinations, however, is quite different. As a trained speaker for Project Sleep’s Rising Voices of Narcolepsy leadership program, he visited the White House in 2023 to raise awareness about narcolepsy and sleep disorders.

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☆ Waking up in the middle of the night? Here’s why it could be normal
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Waking up several times throughout the night is a natural occurrence often due to sleep architecture, which are the stages of sleep that one cycles through every night. When people naturally wake up in the night, they are more likely to remember it happening during the second half of the night. That’s when people typically have longer REM stage, light sleep, while the first half of the night has longer stages of deep sleep instead. The most important thing to do when waking up in the middle of the night is to resist looking at the clock, Peters-Mathews said. It’s also important to ensure the awakenings are not happening from something external, such as disturbances from your sleep partner, Peters-Mathews said.

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☆ Daytime naps may be good for our brains, study says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Taking daytime naps may help maintain brain health as we age, according to a new study. The results show “a small but significant increase in brain volume in people who have a genetic signature associated with taking daytime naps,” she told the Science Media Centre. “Even with those limitations, this study is interesting because it adds to the data indicating that sleep is important for brain health,” she said. MoMo Productions/Digital Vision/Getty ImagesHowever, such a technique can only show an association between nap and brain health, not cause and effect. Grandner directs the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic at the Banner-University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was not involved in the study.

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☆ I got a sleep consultation for my insomnia: 3 things I learned
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

I spoke to Jade Wu, behavioral sleep medicine specialist and sleep advisor for Mattress Firm, who led me through an hour-long sleep consultation, designed to help me get to the root of my sleepless nights. "We have a sleep drive, which is like your hunger for sleep. "So if you're awake for long enough, you're saving up sleep drive points throughout the day, almost like a piggy bank. But, wearing blue light glasses throughout the day isn't necessary for most people, and could actually affect sleep, says Wu. Jade Wu Behavioral sleep medicine specialist and sleep advisor for Mattress Firm"The thing is we actually do want blue light during the day," she says.

☆ This is the perfect length of time to nap, says clinical psychologist—it won't mess up your sleep schedule
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

But it's important to know that there is a right and wrong way to nap, especially if you're trying to avoid messing up your sleep schedule. And that's simply too long, says Shelby Harris, licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in behavioral sleep medicine. "If you take an hour-long nap, sometimes you end up waking up feeling more groggy from it because you're getting into deeper stages of sleep," Harris tells CNBC Make It. If you're aiming to feel more energized after napping, the sweet spot is from 20 minutes to a half hour, Harris says. Also, consider the time of day which is extremely important to avoid impacting your sleep in the evening, she adds.

☆ Sleep experts explain why your dreams are so vivid that you remember them long after waking up
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Carla Delgado | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The most vivid dreams typically occur during rapid eye-movement (REM) sleep. A typical sleep cycle lasts about 90 to 110 minutes and transitions between two primary stages: non-rapid eye movement and rapid eye-movement (REM) sleep. Why your dreams are so vivid and sometimes disturbingYou're more likely to remember dreams closer to waking up. Therefore, we're more likely to remember dreams closer to waking up compared to right after falling asleep. Moreover, "we are more likely to remember dreams if … they are upsetting or if we consciously try to remember them," Mundt added.

Un somn de noapte împlinit se simte acum la fel de rar și de demodat ca o scrisoare scrisă de mână. Tot ce am învățat despre somn a subliniat importanța acestuia pentru sănătatea noastră mentală și fizică. Somnul MRO (mișcarea rapidă a ochilor)Atunci cand adormim, corpul nostru intră în etapa de somn non-MRO, urmată apoi de o perioada scurtă de somn MRO, după care întregul ciclu se repetă. Diferența dintre cele două etape se referă la mișcarea ochilor, în direcții diferite, aspect întâlnit doar în cazul somnului MRO. Cu fiecare ciclu următor, timpul MRO se dublează aproximativ.