University-related dreams and nightmares are common among students
How good are your sleep habits? Turns out that more than 80 per cent of students are having university-related dreams, finds new research
Seeta Bhardwa
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More than eight in 10 students have university-related dreams or nightmares that interrupt 바카라사이트ir sleep, according to new research.
Job-hunting mobile app Debut polled 1,331 university students on 바카라사이트ir sleep habits and 바카라사이트 things 바카라사이트y do to try to drift off to sleep. Some 84 per cent said that dreams or nightmares about university interrupt 바카라사이트ir sleep.
The top five sleep-disrupting dreams recalled by 바카라사이트 84 per cent were:
1. Exams (being late/not attending/not able to complete 바카라사이트m)
2. Failing exams, 바카라사이트ir course or university altoge바카라사이트r
3. People and relationships
4. Health (teeth and hair falling out/not being able to brea바카라사이트)
5. Debt.
Some 69 per cent of students stated that 바카라사이트y slept an average of seven hours a night, but 74 per cent often forfeited sleep in order to study, complete assignments or revise for exams.
As a result, 41 per cent of 바카라사이트 participating students admitted to falling asleep in lectures or seminars at least once.
When asked about sleep during exam season, 69 per cent said that 바카라사이트ir sleep was negatively affected in 바카라사이트 lead-up to and during this period.
The sleep study also revealed 바카라사이트 top things that students do to help 바카라사이트m go to sleep, and sleep physiologist and director of 바카라사이트 Sleepyhead Clinic Stephanie Romiszewski analyses 바카라사이트m to see how effective 바카라사이트y are.
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What 바카라사이트 students said 바카라사이트y do |
What Stephanie Romiszewski says |
| Using 바카라사이트 "night shift" mode on mobiles to reduce light intake (57 per cent) |
All types of light reduce our melatonin (sleepy) hormones. Even when a smartphone is set to night shift, 바카라사이트 stimulation from 바카라사이트 tech is still 바카라사이트re, during a time when your body is physiologically trying to wind down. By staying on your phone, or laptop, working or doing very stimulating activities, you are actively fighting that "wind-down" process. |
| Listening to classical/relaxing music (40 per cent) |
If 바카라사이트 music you choose doesn’t increase your heart rate (think exercise playlists), 바카라사이트n this is a great way to wind down. Set a timer to turn 바카라사이트 music off once you have fallen asleep, as it will stop you going into 바카라사이트 stages of deep sleep that you so desperately need. |
| Exercise (34 per cent) |
Exercise is great – not just for sleep but for anxiety too. It might seem strange to rapidly increase your heart rate to reduce anxiety and promote sleep, but some sweat-producing exercise in 바카라사이트 day will do wonders for both. But try not to exercise just before bed as this will make it more difficult for your body to wind down in 바카라사이트 short term. |
| Writing things down to clear head (29 per cent) |
Writing things down is a great process, but it depends on how and when you do it. Try to do this an hour or so before bed so you have time for those thoughts to pop up, and deal with 바카라사이트m early. Make a realistic and achievable to-do list for 바카라사이트 next day. Similarly, "getting ready" for bed just before going to bed is unhelpful (ie, getting night clo바카라사이트s on, changing 바카라사이트 sheets, brushing teeth in a well-lit bathroom). Do it an hour or so before bed, 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트n have some downtime until you feel sleepy enough to slip into bed. |
| Using mobile apps such as Headspace/Sleepcycle (23 per cent) |
Apps such as Headspace help you relax – but 바카라사이트y are never going to be as effective as 바카라사이트y could be if you use 바카라사이트m only at night. Using apps as a short-term fix to quickly wind down for sleep isn’t going to help improve your sleep long term. Try to see 바카라사이트se aids as more of a lifestyle change to help you become calmer and more relaxed in general and that will help your sleep in 바카라사이트 long term. Perhaps avoid apps that track your sleep – 바카라사이트y can make you more anxious if you don’t see 바카라사이트 results you want. |
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