The World Health Organization established the third Friday of March as World Sleep Day.
The aim of this particular day is to raise public awareness regarding the importance of quality sleep, but also the negative effects on the body when we don’t sleep as much as we should.
According to the Ministry of Health, more than 2 million Greeks seem to suffer from disorders sleepwhile in the European Union as a whole it appears that approximately one in three adults faces similar problems.
The phenomenon affects women, shift workers and the elderly more, where regarding half appear to have sleep problems. Conditions such as insomnia, restless legs syndrome, sleep deprivation, sleep-related breathing disorders (such as obstructive sleep apnea), result in loss of sleep quality, which in turn can lead to many problems health, such as:
- Hypertension
- Heart deseases
- Strokes
- Diabetes
How much do you know regarding sleep?
Here are some interesting facts regarding sleep that you definitely don’t know
Most of what we know regarding sleep has only been discovered in the last 25 years, but it’s fair to say we’ve made up for it. Scientists and researchers around the world are learning more and more regarding sleep every day, teaching us things we’ve never even dreamed of.
1. 1.12% of people dream entirely in black and white
What’s even more interesting is that before color television entered our lives, only 15% of people dreamed in color. Also, older people dream in black and white more often than younger people.
2. Humans are the only mammals that intentionally delay sleep
If you have a cat, you can easily confirm. How nice it must be to sleep whenever and wherever you are.
3. Humans spend 1/3 of their lives sleeping
This obviously varies by age, but is on average. 1/3 is a lot if you think regarding it.
4. Cats on the other hand spend 2/3 of their lives sleeping
We went above and beyond. This will come as no surprise to most cat parents. Every sofa, keyboard, pillow, rug, quilt, table, etc. transforms into the ideal place to sleep.
5. The record for the longest period without sleep is 11 days (and 24 minutes)
The record is held by a student from California named, Randy Gardner and was set in 1964. Randy experienced extreme sleep deprivation, while others have died by staying awake for too long.
6. Dysania is the condition in which you find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning
We all struggle to get out of bed at some point in the morning. But those suffering from dysania find it particularly difficult. It is most likely a form of chronic fatigue syndrome.
7. The feeling of falling when you fall asleep and the jerks are called “hypnagogic spasms”
No one is quite sure why these jerks happen as we fall asleep, but they are thought to be completely normal. However, they can be increased by stress, caffeine, or physical activity near bedtime. They are more common in young people and decrease as we get older.
8. Almost 1 in 4 married couples sleep in separate beds
According to a 2017 survey, nearly one in four couples now sleep in separate beds. And despite the fact that some consider this to be a sign of a deteriorating relationship, the “sleep divorce” works great for many couples.
9. Sleep deprivation can kill you faster than food deprivation
Neither is obviously a good scenario, but this article claims that sleep is actually more important than eating, in the short term.
10. Within the first 5 minutes of waking up, you’ve forgotten 50% of your dreams
According to ladylike, following those first 5 minutes have passed, 90% of your dream memory is gone. Sigmund Freud believed that this is because dreams represent our repressed thoughts and so our brain wants to get rid of them quickly. However, we are far more likely to forget our dreams, as our brains “rev up” while we are awake.
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