Sleep to lose weight and be productive.

With so much information on the Internet and how common it is for content to go viral, many myths about sleep and sleeping well have spread. 
Although they may seem harmless, inaccurate data can affect people's health by depriving them of the hours of sleep they need. Therefore, debunking these myths with evidence is an opportunity to start getting the quality of sleep your body needs. 

These are some of the most common myths about getting a good night's sleep, and the truth behind the mistake.

1. “Staying up late doesn’t make you sick”
   Many people think that health problems such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and depression have nothing to do with the quantity and quality of sleep. But in fact, more and more scientific studies are showing correlations between poor quality sleep and both physical and mental illnesses; the other aspect is productivity.
   The lying mind tricks you into believing that sleep is a waste of time and that sleeping less makes you more productive.

For example, sleep disruption can cause high blood pressure and cardiovascular problems. Lack of sleep has also been shown to impair the body's ability to manage insulin, causing appetite to increase and calorie burning to decrease.
It affects the inability to concentrate efficiently and this directly affects productivity.

2. -Only babies and children need to sleep well.
   It's true that during the early stages of life, the body needs plenty of sleep to promote brain development, learning, memory, and overall well-being. However, experts recommend that adults get between 7 and 9 hours of sleep a day, depending on how much your body needs it.

This may seem like an exaggerated amount to some people, but it isn't. Adults, depending on their daily routine, may need as much downtime as children, and you've already seen some consequences of ignoring these needs.
Stop believing that sleeping well is for babies.

3. Teenagers who fall asleep in class are lazy.
   While it's true that falling asleep in class can hurt the feelings of the teaching community, teenagers need at least 8.5 to 9.25 hours of sleep every 24 hours. 
   This is because the biological clock at this age causes children to stay up late, which interferes with good rest and performance the next day.
4. -You have insomnia if you can't sleep.
   Assuming that difficulty sleeping is the only symptom of insomnia causes people to not realize that they have a sleep disorder. To clear up this confusion, you should know that there are three symptoms related to insomnia besides not being able to fall asleep, these are: 

• Waking up very early without being able to go back to sleep. 
• Waking up frequently during the night. 
• Waking up in the morning feeling tired.
  If your worry has become part of your daily life.

If you notice any of these signs frequently, it is advisable that you pay attention to it and do something to solve it. Sleep is more important than it seems.

5. If you wake up in the middle of the night, it is best to stay lying down until you can fall back asleep.
   Sudden awakenings are, as you've seen, a symptom of insomnia. You may think that insisting on falling asleep makes more sense than getting out of bed, but many experts suggest not forcing yourself to sleep, but rather doing some relaxing activity (such as taking a hot bath, applying ointment, drinking a glass of warm milk, making tender love, etc.). 
6. Does dreaming a lot mean you are in deep sleep?
   Not necessarily. Dreaming is our brain's way of processing, storing and discarding information (without underestimating the enormous therapeutic and spiritual potential of dreams). 

Now, when it comes to the relationship between dreaming and rest, you're actually more likely to get a break because if you dream so much you wake up frequently. This just disrupts the sleep cycle, and if you're left thinking about what you just experienced in the dream world, it can be harder to fall back asleep.

The recipe for good sleep? Make it personal
If you're someone who has trouble sleeping well or tends to wake up in the morning feeling unrested, you may need to rediscover what sleep means to you.
Your sleeping habits may not be the best, not because they defy the recommendations of specialists, but because they are incompatible with your lifestyle. These types of behaviors are very costly and we do not know it, the lying mind deceives you more easily than you think. For example, many accounts by historians, evidence in medical texts, legal records and novels speak of biphasic sleep (two episodes of nighttime sleep instead of one). This would have been the normal way of sleeping in the past: people went to bed, woke up at midnight or in the early morning to attend to certain activities for 1 or 2 hours, and then slept again until dawn. 
Some research suggests that biphasic sleep is a natural process and that if we lived in a world without so much visual stimulation, we would probably all still be having “two sleeps” instead of one long sleep each night. 
In conclusion, understanding what your sleep rhythm is is the first step if you want to improve your rest. In the end, the most important thing is to achieve a restful feeling, even if this means segmenting your sleep hours or taking naps during the day. Knowing yourself is key. That's why I recommend that if you want to delve deeper into this topic, you read my book on Personal Reengineering.

Thanks for reading. DrRoch

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