Glasseye Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 4 hours ago, forcebwithu said: If you're referring to the YT video that @Trip watched and then received ads for RV dealers, that has nothing to do with the forum. Google/YT is quite adept at noting the subject matter you view, and the length of time you watch, and then sending ads your way that are connected to the subject matter you viewed. That's how they make their money, and how YT channels are monetized. No. I got YT channel vids on my YT account dealing with insomnia. The day after commenting in this thread. As I mentioned.... I had not made any searches or mention of any sleep related concerns - anywhere. The only place they could have picked that up was from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/15/2024 at 10:49 AM, Nightcrawler said: For about a month now, I have been waking up after only 3 or 4 hours sleep at night and had definitely become more frequent. Whilst I don't feel tired, I then seem to fall asleep during afternoon or evening for a couple of hours if inactive. I suffer exactly the same but put it down to my lack of activity due to health problems, i just live with it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 On 1/18/2024 at 8:32 AM, Nightcrawler said: I went for a long walk yesterday in the freezing cold and felt nackered when I got home. BUT for the first time in weeks,I went to bed at 11pm and slept right through till 8 this morning and have woken refreshed. Hoping to get some sleep on my flight tonight. That's great news mate. Sad to hear that it was a wasted trip to Hampstead Heath Gents lavatories as they are closed for renovation, but it was still worth the walk and it did you some good. It seems that your body is (was) just in a habitual cycle of waking up at "silly o clock" for no other reason than it wanted to. When you get back from LOS hopefully you'll have reset it and will have some decent , uninterrupted nights sleep. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 8 hours ago, Butch said: That's great news mate. Sad to hear that it was a wasted trip to Hampstead Heath Gents lavatories as they are closed for renovation, but it was still worth the walk and it did you some good. It seems that your body is (was) just in a habitual cycle of waking up at "silly o clock" for no other reason than it wanted to. When you get back from LOS hopefully you'll have reset it and will have some decent , uninterrupted nights sleep. How did you know they were closed for renovation. Did you turn up disappointed?? 😁 all dressed up.and nowhere to go.😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/01/18/eye-mask-sleep-cognition-health-benefits/ BRAIN MATTERS This $10 purchase can improve your sleep and boost your brain health Research has shown that even relatively dim light when we snooze — about the equivalent of a hallway light — can have surprisingly profound physiological effects By Richard Sima January 18, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EST (Illustration by George Wylesol for The Washington Post) Listen 6 min Share Comment595 Add to your saved stories Save Your bedroom is probably not as dark as it should be. Even through closed eyelids, light streaming from the television or hallway can make its way into our retinas and harm our health and mental acuity the next day. Live well every day with tips and guidance on food, fitness and mental health, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. The deleterious health effects of nighttime light exposure are staggering. Skip to end of carousel Start the year fresh data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg%20xmlns=%27http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%27%20version=%271.1%27%20width=%272388%27%20height=%271668%27/%3e Katty Huertas/The Post Start 2024 with practical tips and smart solutions for your health, technology, travel, food, money, home and more. Easy wins, good habits, better living. Elevate your daily life with expertise from The Washington Post. Find it all here. End of carousel Research has shown that even relatively dim light when we snooze — about the equivalent of a hallway light — can have surprisingly profound physiological effects, raising heart rates, reducing the duration of important sleep stages and increasing insulin resistance. In older adults, any light exposure at night was associated with higher rates of obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Thankfully, there is a simple solution: Wear an eye mask when you sleep. Wearing an eye mask to sleep is “very basic and simple,” said Viviana Greco, who conducted a study on the topic as a neuroscience and psychology graduate student at Cardiff University, and now works at Neuronatch, a neuroscience nonprofit. “At the same time, it can have huge benefits.” Cognitive and health effects of eye masks “Light at night is telling the brain ‘danger, danger,’” because the brain isn’t expecting it. This may rev up the brain’s autonomic “fight-or-flight” system, which could make it harder to go into deep sleep, said Phyllis Zee, a neurologist and director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study. Zee also said that because many people work indoors, they get less bright light during the day, which can make a person more sensitive to light at night. But several studies have shown that simply covering the eyes at night can make a difference. Research conducted primarily with hospital patients trying to sleep through the blinking lights and whirring noises of medical equipment reported that wearing an eye mask (and ear plugs) improved subjective sleep quality. Another study found that wearing an eye mask could help pregnant women by improving sleep quality and duration compared with other pregnant women given a pamphlet on better sleep. Now, a study published in the journal Sleep has reported that wearing an eye mask at night could improve memory and alertness in the morning. The study comprised two experiments. In the first experiment, 89 participants ages 18 to 35 slept with an eye mask for two consecutive weeks in the summer, when the sun rose as early as 5 a.m. For one week, they wore an eye mask that could block light; for the other week, they wore a mask with eyeholes cut out (akin to those worn by cartoon burglars) so no light would be blocked. The subjects were instructed to go to bed at the same time each night, abstain from alcohol and strenuous physical exercise, and sleep with the curtains open. Crucially, none had slept with an eye mask before. They had five nights of getting used to the eye mask each week, but in the mornings after the sixth and seventh nights, Greco and her colleagues gave the participants a battery of cognitive tests. Share this articleNo subscription required to readShare The tests showed that wearing the regular eye mask improved memory — participants could remember more pairs of words. Wearing an eye mask also improved their reaction time on a standard vigilance test. There was no difference on a third test for motor-skill learning. In the second experiment, 35 participants wore an EEG headband to monitor their sleep in addition to the eye mask. While wearing an eye mask did not alter their overall sleep, there was a positive correlation between participants’ performance on the memory test and the amount of time they spent in slow-wave sleep, which is a sleep stage known to be important for memory. “It’s a really good study that shows you the effect of light on sleep,” Zee said. The study is novel because it shows that blocking light at night could improve daytime performance and that this was related to slow-wave sleep, she said. While the study did not find a subjective change in the participants’ sleep quality, this may be because the individuals in this study are very healthy, so the results might not be easily generalizable, Zee said. Light at night may be more detrimental for less healthy individuals, who may stand to benefit more from an eye mask; others may find a mask too uncomfortable to wear. Overall, this study shows that an eye mask to block the light is a practical solution for those who may not be able to sleep in a dark environment, such as if you have children, night lights or streetlights, she said. EXPERTS FOR EVERY DAY Next Advice 5 ways to save money cooking at home when the budget is tight Texting do’s and don’t’s for 2024 Want to slow memory loss after 60? A multivitamin may be the answer. Is ice-melting salt bad for dogs? How to keep paws safe in snowy weather. The ideal vacation length for peak relaxation, according to experts This $10 purchase can improve your sleep and boost your brain health We’ve all looked lousy in photos. These tips can help. Advice How to find cheap flights in 2024 Do you eat foods that leave you hungry or full? Take our quiz. Planning a national park trip? Here’s where you need reservations. 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It will help you avoid notifications and other distractions. You are training yourself to learn that “this is your time for sleep and just try to go to sleep,” said Greco, who puts her phone and laptop in another room to avoid distractions. Try blinds or blackout curtains. Zee said she only uses an eye mask when she sleeps on a plane but has blinds at home. (Zee said she has blinds that can be electrically opened without her getting out of bed in the morning.) Blackout curtains also can be helpful, though they may make it difficult to get morning light. Get more light during the day. Reducing light at night is just one part of a healthy light diet. “As a doctor, I tell my patients if you cannot be in the dark” at night, “then make sure you get more light during the day,” which can partially offset the detrimental effects of light at night and improve sleep, Zee said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Illustration by George Wylesol for The Washington Post) Listen 6 min Share Comment595 Add to your saved stories Save Your bedroom is probably not as dark as it should be. Even through closed eyelids, light streaming from the television or hallway can make its way into our retinas and harm our health and mental acuity the next day. Live well every day with tips and guidance on food, fitness and mental health, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. The deleterious health effects of nighttime light exposure are staggering. Skip to end of carousel Start the year fresh data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg%20xmlns=%27http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%27%20version=%271.1%27%20width=%272388%27%20height=%271668%27/%3e
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Glasseye Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/01/insomnia-benefits-fatphobia-child-tax-credit/ Awake in the moonlight (Isabel Seliger for The Washington Post) Many of you, no doubt, have tried just about everything on the market to give yourself a good night’s rest: Ambien, melatonin tablets, CBD gummies, Sleepytime tea, Sleepytime Extra, Sleepytime We-Are-Legally-Not-Responsible-For-What-Happens-If-You-Drink-This. With up to half of U.S. adults experiencing occasional insomnia, the honk-shoo-mimimi-industrial complex only grows. Forget about falling asleep, though, just for a second. Could the best remedy be as simple as staying awake? Writer Annabel Abbs-Streets is a chronic insomniac, and after years of trying to force herself to sleep, she started researching nighttime wakefulness — and relishing the hours she spent in the state. The midnight pursuits she describes are positively dreamy. “All those wide-awake hours didn’t have to be ruminative and anxious,” she discovered. “My sleepless self was not an enemy to be battled, sedated and despaired of. Instead, she could be my ally, a friendly teacher with wisdom to impart and experiences to share.” As someone who spent most of last night awake on a red-eye, I find comfort in this. I was not blearily deleting duplicate photos from my phone for hours; I was night spinning, in Abbs-Streets’s parlance, and connecting with my “Night Self.” The research Abbs-Streets cites reveals that persona to have a lot to offer Daytime You. So next time you’re lying awake, maybe go for a walk in the moonlight to get to know yours. Chaser: It’s not long till the clocks spring forward again and disrupt sleep for the whole country. Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright argued in 2022 for getting rid of daylight saving time for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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