{"id":284,"date":"2007-03-28T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biestmilch.com\/wordpress\/?p=284"},"modified":"2016-04-30T10:28:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T09:28:29","slug":"sleeplessness-the-source-is-a-dysfunctional-stress-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biestmilch.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/28\/sleeplessness-the-source-is-a-dysfunctional-stress-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleeplessness: the source is a dysfunctional stress system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Nowadays sleep disturbances have become a serious problem for many among us because of the most different reasons. On the one hand there is this sleeplessness out of joy and excitement and on the other hand there is this sleeplessness out of depression, exhaustion and extreme tiredness. <br \/>Deprivation of sleep can help to ameliorate a depressive mood and it can cause moodiness, if sleep is overdue. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">How comes? <\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">It seems that there is no clear straightforward cause and effect relation. If this is your impression too, you are completely right, it is not. Even though, all kinds of sleep disturbances have a <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">common but<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\"> very complex source: a dysfunctional stress system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The stress system is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biestmilch.de\/en\/biestmilch-matrix\/koerpertuning-stress-system.html\"><span style=\"color: #990033;\">the regulatory system<\/span><\/a> of our body. It guarantees survival, guarantees life. It is active at any second, at any breath we take. It is built out of the nervous system, vegetative and central, the immune system and the hormones, it intertwines the tip of our toes with a blink of our eye. It is essential and it is primed during our first weeks of life, unconsciously, beyond the reach of our own memory and beyond the influence our parents.<\/p>\n<p>The stress system is keeping us in balance. A stressed stress system can induce multiple dysfunctions of which sleeplessness is only one of many symptoms &#8211; but an cause that drives our body into a shear endless loop of exhaustion at the end, regardless whether we reached this condition out out of joy or distress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biestmilch.de\/index.php?id=21&amp;L=1\">Biestmilch<\/a>, I have to mention this at the end of this paragraph is an excellent stress modulator, giving us more stress resistence, a better sleep and thus more energy. Believe it or not. I know for the time being there is the majority out there not believing me one word. Therefore, I give you some other advices from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadcycling.com\/training\/Sleep_Your_Way_to_Better_Performance_001858.shtml\">roadcycling.com<\/a> that may improve your quality of sleep.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Tips to better sleep<\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/> <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Don\u2019t<br \/> try to go to sleep between 6 and 8 P.M. You\u2019re fighting a natural<br \/> biorhythm designed to keep you awake during this time. In the<br \/> pre-historic era, these hours were when humans had to be on the lookout<br \/> for predators hunting for dinner. <\/span><\/span><br \/> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Try<br \/> to be asleep between the hours of 10 P.M to 2 A.M., another natural<br \/> biorhythm period where our bodies are flooded with hormones that<br \/> jumpstart the recovery process. <\/span><\/span><br \/> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Rather<br \/> than \u201ccatch up\u201d on your sleep by adding an hour or two to your<br \/> nighttime shut-eye or taking the opposite position and trying to get by<br \/> on less than 7 hours of sleep, aim to take a 30 minute siesta somewhere<br \/> between 1 and 3 P.M. Taking a nap during this time will more<br \/> effectively recharge your batteries than trying to nap during any other<br \/> part of the day or adding an hour to your bedtime. <\/span><\/span><br \/> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Feeling<br \/> sluggish and sleep-deprived in the middle of the day? Try a 20-minute<br \/> snooze instead of trying to wake up with a heart-pumping workout. The<br \/> energy burst from the workout will fade quickly and leave you even more<br \/> exhausted. <\/span><\/span><br \/> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Part<br \/> of a good night\u2019s sleep is waking up the right way. Don\u2019t rely on a<br \/> loud alarm clock blasting in your ears for 5 minutes. Instead turn on<br \/> all the lights you can immediately after your alarm snaps you out of<br \/> dreamland. Your body\u2019s rhythm responds to light, not sound, when it<br \/> needs to wake up. <\/span><\/span><br \/> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Don\u2019t<br \/> oversleep. Going longer than 8 hours in the sack can actually start<br \/> stressing your body. By that time, you\u2019re dehydrated, running on no<br \/> fuel, and usually have to go to the bathroom. All these things stress<br \/> the body. Waking up after sleeping 10 to 12 hours will actually feel<br \/> worse than if you\u2019d gotten up after 7 or 8 hours in bed. <\/span><\/span><br \/> <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/> <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Keep<br \/> a water bottle bed side. If you get up mid way through the night to go<br \/> to the bathroom, take a few swigs before going back to sleep. Come<br \/> morning you&#8217;ll wake up less dehydrated and feel fresher.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleeplessness has become a major health hazard of our times. The reasons are manifold and the underlying cause is complex. But how sophisticated the detailed scientific picture may present itself, the overall culprit is a dysfunctional stress system. 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