Thanks for this, really useful article. It describes a lot of what I experience, although "11 minutes longer to fall asleep" I would see as really good! For me it takes me 2-3 hours to fall asleep usually. On bad nights it can be over 4 hours.
What the article says about REM sleep is interesting, because I very rarely dream - or if I do I don't remember it. As a kid I never had dreams. People in my family or friends would talk about dreams they had and I wouldn't know what they were talking about. I've never had a nightmare in my entire life. It's the sort of thing parents would never see as a problem because I always slept through the night, the only problem was waking me up in the mornings because I seem to need more sleep than other people.
So what the article says about sleep being less restorative seems to ring true for me. I wear a fitness tracker which tracks my sleep and it says I get about 8-9% REM, when it should be 23%. I do notice that when I get more REM I feel better and more able to socialise. I only remember having a dream a few times a year, but when I do, they are always just me talking to people in totally mundane situations, so that must be what my brain thinks needs practice.
Thanks for this, really useful article. It describes a lot of what I experience, although "11 minutes longer to fall asleep" I would see as really good! For me it takes me 2-3 hours to fall asleep usually. On bad nights it can be over 4 hours.
What the article says about REM sleep is interesting, because I very rarely dream - or if I do I don't remember it. As a kid I never had dreams. People in my family or friends would talk about dreams they had and I wouldn't know what they were talking about. I've never had a nightmare in my entire life. It's the sort of thing parents would never see as a problem because I always slept through the night, the only problem was waking me up in the mornings because I seem to need more sleep than other people.
So what the article says about sleep being less restorative seems to ring true for me. I wear a fitness tracker which tracks my sleep and it says I get about 8-9% REM, when it should be 23%. I do notice that when I get more REM I feel better and more able to socialise. I only remember having a dream a few times a year, but when I do, they are always just me talking to people in totally mundane situations, so that must be what my brain thinks needs practice.
