Too much sleep

                   Sleep, how important is it to us? of course our body is like a battery full of energy, but everyday  we do a lot of things until we run out of energy, that's why we have to sleep to recharge. Sleeping is like charging, the doctor prescribed each man would have enough sleep with in 8 hours.  Indeed it is and sleeping too long can make us as tired and lethargic as having too little. If you wake up tired after sleeping for eight hours or longer, more sleep is not what you need. You may thinks that because you sleep too much you're the exact opposite of those who have too little sleep. In fact excessive sleep is actually another form of insonmia. Yes really! Because you're not acheiving the right kind of rest, this is why you find it so hard to get up, or perhaps you have problems with sleepiness during the day. Too much sleep can weaken your sleep system. Your body is not awake for long enough to absorb enough sunlight, get enough exercise or engage in enough tiring activities. Your body temperature takes a long time to climb to normal in the morning making you very drowsy for several hours after waking. In fact your body temperature may not climb to its peak at all, so you may feel lethargic all day. This is because excess melatonin that has been released by keeping your eyes closed for a long time does not dissipate quickly leaving you feeling drowsy and drained of energy. Too much sleep can actually weaken your immune system leading to lowered resistance to colds, flu or worse. 

                That’s why we have to sleep only at the right time or amount of time. A better quality of sleep is what's needed rather than more sleep. Sleep needs to be optimised so that you can sleep a lot less and feel more energised and are actually healthier. Quite often we don't get enough deep sleep even when we are sleeping eight hours or more. Deep sleep is the most important type of sleep out body needs. One quick way to feel more energised during the day is to do some exercise. This raises your body temperature and wakes up your whole body. Your lungs will fill with healthy oxygen. Get out into the sunlight if possible, this will strengthen the sleep system and you'll be creating better deeper sleep for yourself at night .   The worst thing you can do to try and wake yourself up is to consume yet more coffee. You may get a quick energy boost but too much coffee can have a disastrous effect on your sleep system, stress levels and circadian rhythm.