Personal Narrative: Sleep

In this world there are many problems, but one specific problem is sleep loss. Sleep loss can cause many problems in our world such as health problems, an unproductive habit, and the scientific reasearch of how much sleep people need.

I have always been enchanted by the idea of sleep. As a child, I laid in bed attempting to understand why I was unable to fall asleep. I knew I wasn’t the only one, but the snoring of my family convinced me otherwise. Biology taught me to understand genetics and environmental cues, but they were unable to explain to me how my sleep pattern was different. Unable to figure the cause of my sleep problems, I delved into self-treatments instead. Curiosity for knowledge in sleep therapy prompted my interest in understanding sleep consequences and health.

I have actually already created a sleep plan for myself. At the beginning of the semester last year when my Psychology Professor had us do a sleep study for extra credit after we learned about how important sleep it. I realized after learning about it that I did tend to to better, and feel better when going on a sleep schedule. I adjust my sleep schedule every semester to get the best sleep mixed with the most time to be productive depending on my schedule. I am happy to say that at least most of the time, I follow it pretty well. Since I already sleep decently well the majority of the time, I will be sharing my typical sleep schedule, and what I could possibly do to further improve upon it.

09-09-2012 Day 1: I went to sleep at 1:00 am and woke up at 6:11 am. The dream was that my grandmother passed away and that I had nobody to confide in. It got to a point where I just went

There are a few factors that are essential for life such as breathing or eating, but one of the most essential factor is sleep. Even though the amount of sleep people need differs from one individual to another, the fact is that eventually everyone needs to sleep. People know the importance of sleep, but due to the increased workload and the pressure of society people are getting less sleep. As a result, there has been an increase interest on the effects lack of sleep has on the mind especially the memory of a person. Many questions arose about the relationship between sleep and memory due to the fact most high school and college students have become sleep deprived. For example, does more sleep mean higher grades?

In the books The Big Sleep and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, both authors, Raymond Chandler (The Big Sleep) and Simon Armitage (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight), create the protagonist of each story into archetypal knights. The protagonist of The Big Sleep is named Phillip Marlowe and in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the protagonist is named Sir Gawain. The 3 knightly qualities that we will be focusing on in this essay are self-sacrifice, loyalty and courage. These qualities are displayed throughout each story in different and similar ways throughout each book.

I did not sleep well as a child. When I closed my eyes, I was not inundated with calming thoughts, nor fantastical images, but rather assaulted by existential anxieties which coaxed me into undesired ruminations about my being. I believed falling asleep was tantamount to relinquishing control over my ephemeral existence, as there was no guarantee of awakening. I found myself clinging to the present to the detriment of the future, desperately eschewing its hastened arrival for fear that it would not include me in its progression. And yet, every night, hour by hour, I would find myself succumbing to the physical and mental manifestations of sleep deprivation. I would come to plead for the very loss of control that I so viscerally feared, as

Last night I went to bed at 10:00 PM, which is right on my goal. Although I urged myself to go to bed at 10:00 PM, I did have difficulty falling asleep because I wasn't tired. The solution for that is to not wake up after 6:00 AM in the morning. I woke up at about 8:00 AM when I usually wake up at 6:00 AM, which means I got two extra hours of sleep. Those two extra hours could take into effect whether or not I am tired at night. In addition, I did take a nap so that is probably another reason why I didn't feel tired. To continue reaching my goal I need to make sure not to wake up no later than 6:00 AM, and

If I were to wake up as a bug, I initially would be shocked. Unlike Gregor being calm at when he first woke up, I might scream for help. If I woke up completely changed, I might break down in tears and stay in bed until someone came and saved me. Waking up as a bug would change my life and I probably might kill myself because living that way sounds terrible and instead of living like a bug I rather not live.

Aaron couldn't take his eyes off the window even if he'd physically been able to.

Sleep is needed in everyone’s life because the body and mind need to rest in order for you to function fully. Sleeping disorders are common in many people life, according to the book “there are about 81 different types of sleeping disorders” (Engdahl, 18). Most people do not get the recommended eight hours of sleep because their schedule does not allow them to sleep, it is recommended to create a sleep cycle so that your body can adapt to the time you are awake and shut down for the hours that you are sleeping. Studies have shown that not getting enough sleep can cause obesity, depression and even heart disease. This disorder is uncontrollable because it can come from genetics. Another reason why it is uncontrollable, some people have night terrors which occur while you are asleep. Not controlling your thoughts and waking up to a scary dream or thought, depending on their reaction it can cause them a stroke, heart attack or they might pass out. When you hear someone snoring you often take it as a joke and you laugh at the person because of the obnoxious sound coming from them, while they don’t know that they are snoring. Snoring is a common symptom in some sleep disorders, snoring can have risks on a persons sleep because it can clog your throat and nose and you could choke in your sleep and never wake up. Some sleep disorders can be treated, some people don 't ever realize that they have a sleep disorder. This disorder has many effects some which can change a person

The skirmish between traditional aristocracies and new democracies in Sicily was damaging to the Sicilian people, particularly people who were from conservative family backgrounds. The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa portrays the battle of old vs. new through following the life of an old Sicilian aristocrat, Don Fabrizio, commonly known as The Prince. Giuseppe uses The Prince to highlight the outmoded side of Sicily and the struggle to deal with the Risorgimento (Italian unification). Although many people during this time were accepting change, The Prince tried to ignore the change which is portrayed through the motif of sleep.

Every night approximately seven billion people lay their heads down to sleep. Many people hoping for an escape from their chaotic lives, wishing to slip away into a fantasy world that is not based in their own reality. There is a great deal of research on the topic of dreams being fantasy versus a subconscious reality. Do we only dream what we know we could never do with our conscious mind or is it all just outlandish fantasies that will never come to life?

“The worst thing in the world is to try to sleep and not to, then forcing oneself to stay awake for days on end must surely come a close second.”

 The goal is to avoid, "clocks on collision," and to allow internal clocks to match external clocks, this is why night shifts are often on weekly rotation.