The quality of the powers that sleep gives us depends on whether we treat it correctly. And in a dream our body works - at least, it should not interfere, and ideally - this work should be helped.
A reasonably health-related person will be interested in figuring out what is best for a healthy sleep. To begin with, he will remove from his life those factors that damage a full night's rest.
These include: exhausting work until the moment when it's time to go to sleep. The body will not be able to relax completely, continuing and in a dream to solve some unfinished problems and tasks. Apotheosis of this condition can be a multi-day nervous insomnia.
Dense food before bedtime - in the beginning it gives a pleasant sensation of appeasement, and the person who has eaten from the heart really pulls to sleep. However, at night the body will not fulfill its plan - by digesting food, it will not allow nerve cells and internal organs to come to a state of complete rest.
Loud music, late gatherings at the TV screen and computer monitor lead the brain into a state of permanent arousal. Even falling asleep, he is not able to completely disconnect from what he has seen and heard, continuing to process the collected information. Emotional and intellectual impressions are the same dense food for the night, only in this case it is not the stomach that is involved, but the brain. So, it will be even more difficult to fall asleep. Doctors very much do not recommend falling asleep with the player in the ears or under the muttering of the working TV - the sound background guarantees a spoiled dream, even if the person seems otherwise.
Adopted at night alcohol, contrary to the delusion of its relaxing properties, means that a healthy dream can be forgotten. After drinking alcohol, a person immediately finds himself in the phase of "deep sleep", bypassing the "fast" phase, and the body does not get a real rest. It is in the stage of "fast sleep" and there is a relaxation of the nervous system, which during waking helps to cope with the difficulties and stresses of everyday life. The phase of "fast sleep" will begin only after ethanol is completely reworked. Dehydration, which accompanies taking alcohol at night, causes headache and dry mouth, the intensity of which is directly proportional to the amount of alcohol taken by a person in the evening.
An uncomfortable and hard or excessively soft bed, a poorly ventilated room, a high or too low temperature in the room will be an additional obstacle to a healthy sleep.
Having found out the obstacles to normal rest, let's talk about what will best contribute to a healthy sleep. Of course, in the first place, all the negative factors listed above should be eliminated.
Replace the loud-sounding TV and the shaking light of the computer monitor in the night with an old good book. A small floor lamp on a nightstand or a sconce above the bed will create an additional feeling of coziness and an early blissful sleep.
Try to plan your work so that in an hour or two before going to bed, you were completely free. No work or household affairs should pulsate in the brain, forcing them to scroll through them and seek the best way out of the situation. Nervous exhaustion - this is what threatens eventually people who do not know how to disconnect from the current tasks before going to bed.
Instead of dense food, drink a glass of milk with honey, or eat an apple - this light food is enough to pacify the hungry stomach, which will quickly digest food and itself will plunge into sleep along with the whole organism.
Very strongly promotes a healthy sleep and a short warm shower, taken before going to bed in an embrace with a book. Contrast shower, on the contrary, should be left in the morning, as well as other encouraging procedures - sports training, dousing with cold water. Perhaps, only a small walk in the fresh air should not be ruled out before going to bed - in spite of the invigorating effect of oxygen, it does not damage the healthy process of going to sleep.
Buying bed and bedding, it is best to give preference to hard beds, natural fabrics and not too fluffy feather beds. The modern bed linen industry offers almost air mattresses, blankets and pillows with fillers such as "Holoftayber" - they are considered ideal for those who have a healthy sleep. They are easy to dry and clean, in contrast to down featherbeds, they are hypoallergenic, and, finally, have no expensive value. Bedding of this variety is adjusted to the contours of the body, creating a balance of softness and, at the same time, the hardness of the surface on which the person will sleep. It is this balance that is considered optimal for a healthy sleep, not at the expense of a sense of comfort, which is so necessary for everyone who falls asleep. A relatively hard surface helps to prevent pinching of nerve endings and unnatural bending of the spine. To avoid the same problems, doctors often recommend not using high pillows, replacing them with special soft rollers, however, for some diseases (bronchitis, a strong runny nose, etc.), it is not necessary to remove the pillow. Ideal pose for sleep - on the side; for a night a person manages to turn over several times, no internal organs suffer from "swelling", and the spine relaxes in the best way.
A well-ventilated, quiet and cozy room is best for a healthy sleep. The burning of incense and the use of aroma lamps is a very individual matter, one it brings relaxation and a quick sleep, the other - nervous excitement, headache and inability to sleep.
The main thing that you need to remember, once and for all giving preference to a healthy sleep - allow rest not only to the body, but also to the soul. Forget the lines learned at school that the soul must work "And day and night, day and night!". In the evening, the soul is obliged to rest only, allowing a healthy sleep to hug the body tired of the day.