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RE: How REM Sleep Cycles Affect your Mind and Body
Excellent article, however not 100% sold on the conclusion of needing a full 8 hours of sleep per night. There's long been controversial debates about the value, benefits and sustainability of biphasic or polyphasic sleep, considering that the majority of time spent sleeping during an 8 hour session is wasted stages with little known benefits.
If you are aware of any recent or definitive research on the topic I'd love to review them.
Thanks, everyone is different in that sense I guess. Where some need 6 hours of sleep a night and other 8 or more. It's recommended you get at least 8 so the mind and body get fully healed. I am a big believer with all my studies in sleep, that good quality sleep is essential for good health. I have been worked in the medical field for over 16 years now and have done a one year fellowship in sleep medicine and worked at a sleep lab for three years. What I came away with was that people can do well on 6-8 hours of sleep, the ones who slept less had problems with sleep later on in the week in the studies. Meaning it caught up to them and they crashed. Thanks for actually reading and posting a great question.
Thanks for your reply and providing some more insight. From the research I've done, it would seem the reason we do best on 6-8 hours is because that is how long it takes for us to complete 3-4 cycles of stage 4-5 sleep, which are the only ones the body really uses to regenerate, commit information to memory, etc.
My own experiment with Polyphasic sleep seemed conclusive to this however only lasted about 2-3 weeks, as I found it near impossible to maintain while having an active and social life due to its strict requirements.
Thanks @rockstarmystic, you are correct about the sleep cycles and the brain connection. Yes being stuck in a room watching peoples sleep for 18 hours a day or more wasn't fun. So I totally get where you are coming from. You should do some writing on the topic, you seem to know your stuff. I can tell you can articulate things well. I just started to write and I am learning more and more everyday on the subject! It's not easy for me but I am doing the best I can while taking care of my husband who has cancer, and raising a young son and don't forget work! Some times its brutal.
Thanks, it's a great idea and I think I'll try writing a report on some of my experiments in bio-hacking (polyphasic sleep, raw foodism, etc) over the next few days!
It can definitely get overwhelming being in your situation but I have found that writing in itself can be so cathartic, so even on those days you feel like you don't have the time... especially on those days... write! Even if just for 5 minutes :)
I'm currently helping support my parents, my father suffering from Alzheimer, trying to be there to provide my mother with any help or respite she can get.
Life isn't always easy, but there's always a way through when you surround yourself with the right people. You're on the right path :)
Thanks for the kind words, and I am sorry to hear about your Mother. What you said about "there's always a way through when you surround yourself with the right people" is so true in life. Thanks for replying I followed you and look forward to your writings :)