The Effects Of Sleep On Insomnia And Vagal Activity 14 People With Self Reported Insomnia

So, the next time you’re having a sleepless night, we recommend you to try this simple breathing exercises and see its

Thesis: Sleep Apnea is becoming more of a dangerous disease that more people are starting to be diagnosed with. It is extremely important that Sleep Apnea is emphasized so that more people are aware of it.

     Sleep is essential to life; it is one of several components, including food and water, which keep the living alive. However, a significant percentage of the human population has considerable difficulty reaching and maintaining Stage IV within their sleeping patterns, the stage that allows the mind and body to fall into a deep and restorative sleep, otherwise known as REM sleep. At the core of this difficulty is a condition known as obstructive sleep apnea, a "serious, potentially life-threatening condition that is far more common than generally understood" (Sleep Apnea). Indeed, obstructive sleep apnea can be very dangerous if it is not properly detected and treated.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea, OSA, is a very highly widespread and underdiagnosed disease (Kerner & Roose, 2016). The ailment can affect the person and the people around the affected individual immensely. When one takes the time to diagnose a case of OSA it can be helped and treated. Many different factors should be taken into account when dealing with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, including the psychological perspective it falls under, the research methods used to investigate it, the positive and negative components of the condition, and the controversies associated with it.

Multiple studies have been used to find and utilize alternative treatments to replace pharmaceutical and prescription drugs. These treatments, known as relaxation techniques, are used especially for disorders such as insomnia. Insomnia, according to King (2011), is a sleep disorder in which the patient cannot fall asleep, no matter how much they try. These techniques for insomniacs mainly focus on the idea of relaxing the muscles. As the study done by Lick and Heffler (1977) generally targets this idea, another study by Woolfolk and McNulty (1983) uses a slightly different approach. This paper will compare the treatments tested in the studies of both groups of authors.

For this research study, the researcher and subject have agreed upon utilizing a fifteen-minute meditation sequence prior to bedtime, which is intended to calm the mind and regulate the body in preparation for sleep. This intervention will be implemented after the researcher collects seven days of baseline data. The intervention and follow up stages will also be recorded for

Imagine that a person is sleeping and all of a sudden they wake up and are unable to breath. It is a scary thing but this happens to millions of people each year. One of the causes of this is Sleep Apnea. This paper will help identify the disorder of Sleep Apnea, its symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.

In a study used to determine the efficacy of paced breathing on insomnia and vagal activity 14 people with self reported insomnia (SRI) and 14 people who reported to be good sleepers (GS) were utilized to test the hypotheses that paced breathing would aid those with insomnia in falling asleep (Tsai, Kuo, Lee, & Yang, 2014). The study measured variables such as sleep quality, sleep effectiveness, Heart rate variability, and cardiac vagal tone. For the individuals to be allowed in the SRI group they had to have difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or trouble with waking up too early and not being able to go back to sleep more than 3 times per week, for 6 continuous months. All subjects of the study had to be between 20-25 years old and have a BMI within the normal range for their height and weight (18.5-24.5 Kg/m^). The subjects all had regular times that they went to bed and woke up and none reported having any history of sleep disorders such as sleep apnea or periodic limb movement, substance abuse,

Overall, sleep is vital to person’s well being and can be as important as breathing

There are four stages of sleep. In the first stage (10 min. into sleep), your pulse slows down and your muscles begin to relax. Your breathing

Thesis: Sleep plays an essential part in a person’s health and well-being; the way we feel while awake is dependent upon what happens to your body while asleep.

Imagine having issue breathing during sleep, and being unaware it is even happening. That is what happens to those who suffer from one of the most common and underdiagnosed sleep disorders today, sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is when a person stops breathing multiple times during sleep, not allowing them to reach a deep, restful sleep. Over 19 million Americans suffer from the most common form of sleep apnea, and many of them are unaware. With the first descriptions being released in the late 1960’s, sleep apnea is a relatively new diagnoses but it is also a silent killer, increasing a person’s “chances of dying prematurely.” (Sleep apnea, 2007) This is because sleep apnea can only be diagnosed when someone is asleep. But to know to get a sleep

Sleep is one of the unavoidable daily-living activities and it is one of the most important factors contributing to a person’s health. A quality sleep is essential for the physical, cognitive and psychological well-being of a person. Learning, memory processing and maintenance of the brain are among the most important functions of sleep. In addition to maintaining the brain, sleep has important roles in controlling the

The average human spends about 25 years of their life sleeping. That is equal to one-third of a person’s life. So if sleep is vital and common among every single human, what do you know about it? What happens when we sleep (Attention Grabber)? Before the 1950s, scientists believed that the brain would just “shut off” when we would go to sleep. It wasn’t until the discovery of the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) state that scientists really looked into what happens in the brain while we are asleep. Studies have found that we go through a cycle of stages during sleep, and it is important for our health (Orientation to Topic). Today, I am going to inform you about what really happens when we sleep, and some issues that are found among it (Specific Purpose). In order to really understand this worldwide commonality, you need to know some background on sleep, the stages in the cycle, and some common disorders (Central Idea). I have taken a year long psychology course that went into depth on sleep psychology, and I have done extensive research on the topic to better grasp it (Statement of Credibility). I want to inform you on sleep so you can understand what happens when you close your eyes every night, and so you can detect any irregularities in your sleep pattern (Statement of Goodwill). First, I will give a background of why and how we know to sleep, then I will explain the stages in the sleep cycle, and finally I will tell you about some common disorders (Preview).

In my paper, I will tackle insomnia from various perspectives: definitions, types, causes, effects, and means of solutions.