Archive for NEEPS North East Eco-friendly People's Site          NEEPS Forum Index -> Green Health & Beauty wildgarlic Time to 'reclaim the night' for sleep Quote: We all know the health risks of smoking, drinking and eating too much. But sleep expert Neil Stanley says we don't pay attention to the risks of having too little sleep. In this week's Scrubbing Up health column, he warns it is time to "reclaim the night". Good sleep is vital for good physical mental and emotional health - but unfortunately we seem to live in a society that has forgotten this fact. In terms of healthy living, sleep is as important as good diet and exercise. BBC Julie I've always said the same. You only have to look at the state of someone who gets too little sleep to see the damage it does. They look haggard, grey and older than their years and catch every cold and bug that's going around. Some folks actually think it's something to boast about when they can manage on less sleep than the rest of us, it mystifies me Diana I must be soooooo beautiful - I love sleep!   Sassinak Yes I  must admit to liking sleep, and you are right Julie it is something that I have always felt vaguely ashamed of lol Trouble is that left to my own devices I would be almost nocturnal. They make me go to bed when I am awake and then wake me up when I'm sleepy. My ideal would be to bed at 2-3am and up at 10-11ish. But life isn't geared for those sort of hours lol IainC Julie wrote: I've always said the same. You only have to look at the state of someone who gets too little sleep to see the damage it does. They look haggard, grey and older than their years and catch every cold and bug that's going around. Some folks actually think it's something to boast about when they can manage on less sleep than the rest of us, it mystifies me I can get by with less sleep than my wife, but I do need sleep (mostly in the morning ). Didn't get much last night though, wasn't home until close to 3am and then up as normal for work... will be needing sleep tonight I think Julie Sassinak wrote: They make me go to bed when I am awake and then wake me up when I'm sleepy. My ideal would be to bed at 2-3am and up at 10-11ish. But life isn't geared for those sort of hours lol You should meet my mum We reckon she's a vampire because she hates garlic too pete_inthehills pah!  you can sleep when you're dead. The night is for living! pete inthehills PurpleDragon Oh, I'm a bedbug, me. I like to be in my bed just behind 10pm and stay there till 8am if I could. Have to be up at 6.30 though *sob* kimmie I am the same as Sass on this one...can stay awake till early hours ...but want to sleep late in the morning!...matt however is the opposit! he is asleep by 8.30pm on the sofa....and is wide awake at 5.30am!!...he's just not normal!! Sassinak He's like Phil. It's like living with Rip Van Winkle in an evening but he is up before the dawn chorus, even at weekends -strange lol IainC Odd... me and the wife are the opposite way round. I'm up all night and she's tired and ready for bed early. Mind you... I think we're both pretty crap in the mornings lor138 I love my bed and need plenty sleep otherwise i'm a total grump!! I tend to stay up really late and would be happy to stay in bed until 8-9am, but always have to get up much earlier than that. Maria Kimmie and Sass      just my sort of evening company. Forget-me-Not Sleep I agree with Purple Dragon, I'm ready for bed at 10 but can achieve loads first thing. (I don't talk though, I just get things done quietly.) Beth Maria Quote: I'm up all night and she's tired and ready for bed early oops - sorry IainC - you sounds like fine evening company too.     OH usually doesn't bother asking me when I'm going to bed anymore. He's the early bird and I'm the night owl. It usually works out ok. I often promise myself more sleep, but when the evening comes and sleep won't, the promise is broken.  I do have a liking for bear-like morning hibernation when I can...especially during winter.     IainC Maria wrote: Quote: I'm up all night and she's tired and ready for bed early oops - sorry IainC - you sounds like fine evening company too.     OH usually doesn't bother asking me when I'm going to bed anymore. He's the early bird and I'm the night owl. It usually works out ok. I often promise myself more sleep, but when the evening comes and sleep won't, the promise is broken.  I do have a liking for bear-like morning hibernation when I can...especially during winter.     Thats okay Yeah, I've had a similar-ish sleeping pattern since I was about 5 or 6. I just can't go to sleep when I go to bed IYKWIM, I need to be tired to get to sleep, so even if I go to bed at 10pm, I'll probably just end up lying there until 1am and not sleeping anyway. Have tried it often enough. I'm the same in the morning though, don't mind as much getting up if its sunny and bright, but getting up when it's dark seems alien to me (although I still have to do it). Julie I love to sleep with the velux blind open, even in the summer. I find I wake up feeling more refreshed with natural daylight in the room. I like the windows open too, I'm a bit of a fresh air fiend. Does anyone else find that a darkened room leaves them feeling sluggish and groggy when they wake? Sassinak Left to my own devices I don't think I would ever draw the curtains. I suppose that I'm lucky in living in a house that isn't overlooked. IainC Best ever sleep of my life (that I remember) was at my grandparents. Was there on my own with them and went to bed around midnight/1am. Never closed the curtains there either (not overlooked by anyone, plus it was a 1st floor bedroom). Woke up in the morning with the sun shining in the window. Was *so* refreshed. Went downstairs to find it was only about 4.30am or something. Beat my granny up (she got up at about 5am every day of her life... mind you she was normally in it by 9-9.30pm ) gave her a bit of a shock when she seen me up Rarely ever get a sleep even half as good as that nowadays. Fia I'm very lucky in having the ability to sleep anywhere. In another life when i worked in an office I used to lie down behind the desk and sleep for exactly 45mins. And I can always sleep in airports, and haven't missed a flight yet. My sleep patterns have changed over time, though. BC (before children) if I didn't have to get up for work, I'd retire around 1am and rise around 9.30. Having never woken. So babies were a shock   And now I can both go to bed and get up earlier. Ideally need at least 8 hours though. By far the worst thing about being a new parent for me was the early sleep deprivation torture I'd go to bed earlier if now I didn't sit up with the laptop...   IainC Had to laugh when the boy on the radio was speaking to the preg lady that is on with him... told her you know why you are so sleepy at the moment? It's 'cos your body is getting as much sleep as it can now, 'cos soon you'll be getting none (or similar) Was speaking to a guy at work about sleep though, he said that he'd done a course on it and you could always "owe" your body sleep, but you could never store it up IYKWIM. Sleeping on for hours at a weekend is pointless (once you'd actually caught up on your sleep).        NEEPS Forum Index -> Green Health & Beauty Page 1 of 1