Friday, June 04, 2010

Sleep Vs Quality Sleep

Normally I hear people saying "You should have quality sleep". I didn't actually feel and experience that until last week. Few months back, I replaced my zero watts bulb (Apparently it is 12 watts bulb, check out here). Earlier I had Blue colored one, But I got the plain colored one as a replacement. I replaced the bulb and everything was fine. I normally switch on that bulb during the night and sleep. Initially I didn't realize any change, But in the later days, I realized that even if I sleep for 8+ hours, my eyes were straining during the day time. I thought it may be due to the tiredness of work, travel on Bangalore roads etc. One day I suddenly realized that long long ago, someone told me that my eyes are open slightly during my sleep. I started thinking on those lines and realized the plain colored zero watt bulb provides more light during the night. As I normally open my eyes slightly during sleep, I guess I strained my eyes during the sleep by closing it forcefully to avoid the light, which is the root cause. Then, I switched off the zero watt bulb and slept for few days, the quality of sleep improved a lot and now I sleep at least by 1 hour less than what I used to sleep before, get up early without alarm and my eyes doesn't strain during the day time. So, I really felt the quality sleep :)

Now, I started researching about further improving the quality of my sleep by thinking and discussing with friends. Following mind map conveys all about getting quality sleep.

4 comments:

Tejasvi BK said...

Sleep is the medicine for a strained body and mind. Glad you found your lost sleep all these years!!! few more recommendations - Try to hear the sound of waves before u sleep it soothes your brain. Switch off mobiles, neighbors and vendors around your house. Find a peaceful neighborhood it does wonders on weekends :-)

Raffi said...

Hi Tejasvi,
Hearing relaxing sound is covered in the mind map. We really can't switch off mobile, but we can inform the people about your sleeping hours so that they call only on emergency on those hours. Yeah, neighbors and vendors contribute a lot for disturbance...

Elango said...

I put my phone in silent mode when I sleep. I have never received even a single emergency call. Does this mean "true emergency" never exist :)?

If I miss part of my sleep, I try to get it back in the morning before breakfast. If that is not possible, I mostly sleep in the night instead of sleeping during the day.

Raffi said...

@elango good, but we never know when the real emergency call may come. I tried switching off mobile before sleep, people advised that's wrong. Yeah, avoiding day sleep is good. If your day is longer daily (16+ hrs), it is good to have 30 mns noon nap as chinese do.