We each have our own rhythm, not always flexible depending on of our professional and other activities, nevertheless it is recognized that having restful sleep is the best way to stay in good health.
For this, the key word remains, as often, regularity. While it is recognized that human beings rest best between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., not all of us have the possibility - or the desire - to spend so much time in bed.
The most effective is in fact not to fight against sleep, to recognize its warning signs and to seize, as we sometimes hear, "the train of sleep" when it arrives at the station.
Our nights are divided into several sleep cycles, of about 90 min each.
The periods of deep sleep, the most restorative, take place during the first part of the night, while the second alternates phases of light sleep, and paradoxical sleep, which induces dreams.
Your train therefore reappears approximately every 90 minutes. If you feel your eyelids closing and you're yawning, don't wait any longer, put your book down, turn off your TV - which is a notorious stimulant - and go to bed!
Learning to analyze your rhythm and detect the signs of sleep avoids self-medication, boring as much by its price as by its side effects!
By listening to your body and respecting your biological cycle, you will save on sleeping pills, but also on stimulants during the day, because when you get more restful sleep, you wake up less tired.
However, if your internal biological clock is too disturbed, you can also use light therapy, using special lamps or simply "daylight" bulbs, which are much less expensive.
