How Good is a Good Sleep?

Have you ever had all the luxury of time to sleep but still you find yourself drowsy and ever so sleepy after that long sleep? Unfortunately, I just did. These made me believe that it isn’t just about the quantity of the number of hours that you put in sleeping. This also made me think that there really is such a thing as the “ideal” number of hours of sleep such that if you go below or above that range, you will experience symptoms of sleepiness, sluggishness, and the inability to function well the following day.

As for quality, I guess what they call the stages of sleep really matters. It’s pretty technical when you browse through the different stages of sleep. They have what they call an REM and Non REM sleep, and there are substages under it. Experts say that it is vital to reach the the final stages of sleep (deep and dream sleep.)

With the quality of sleep that I have, sometimes, I can draw the line between each stage – the light and deep sleep stages (although I seldom reach this stage.) All I know is that in first stage, you can easily be awakened. It’s like your just half asleep and half awake. This, for me is the bad kind of sleep. It’s like your not absolutely getting the kind of rest that you want. I even sometimes feel that it’s a waste of time that I’d rather do something else and be productive than just lie down half awake.

It is indeed frustrating to know that for normal people, passing through each of the stages is a smooth transition, so smooth and fast that they can no longer see the distinction. For us with sleep problems, passing through let’s say stage 2 to stage 3 (the transition between light and deep sleep) seems to be very close, yet it seems like its something that would take enormous amount of energy to take that big leap.

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