Regular exercise usually improves your sleep patterns. Strenuous exercise right before bed may keep you awake.
Taking sleeping pills can disrupt this natural process.
Insomnia is often a normal part of grieving.
Some car rental contracts make you promise not to drive on fewer than six hours of sleep.
Companies may accept it as a sign of exhaustion from overwork.
Sleeping on the job is less of a problem in Japan.
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One job in early English mill and factory towns was to knock on people’s windows to wake them up for work.
Statistics show that the extra hour of sleep reduces accidents.
You’re less likely to have a traffic accident when daylight savings time ends.
Going without sleep is likely to make you hungry as levels of leptin, an appetite-regulating hormone, fall.
People slept in two segments divided by an hour or two of alertness (time for reading, praying, intimacy or socializing with others).
In the 17th century, getting up in the middle of the night was normal.
Being awake for 16 hours straight decreases your performance as much as if your blood alcohol level were.
Their unusual airway anatomy (short snouts and underbites) is likely the reason.
English bulldogs are the only canines known to experience sleep apnea, a breathing disorder.
Insomnia is not defined by the sleep you lose each night, but by the drowsiness, difficulty concentrating, headaches, irritability and other problems it can cause each day.
It may signal a nutritional deficiency, depression or other problems.
Finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning is a real condition called dysania.
Stress, physical or mental illness, living or sleeping arrangements, family history, shift work, diet and exercise habits can all contribute to insomnia.
We are the only mammals that willingly delay sleep.
Have trouble waking up on Monday morning? Blame “social jet lag” from your altered weekend sleep schedule.
and 2 p.m. for most people. That’s why you’re less alert after lunch.
Tiredness peaks twice a day: Around 2 a.m.
Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don’t drift away from each other.
Ideally, falling asleep should take 10 to 15 minutes.
If it takes you less than five minutes to fall asleep at night, you’re probably sleep-deprived.
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Research shows that in the days leading up to a full moon, people go to bed later and sleep less, although the reasons are unclear.
Policyīelow, sleep disorders specialist Michelle Drerup, PsyD, shares some curious and fantastic facts about sleep. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center.