6 tips for better sleep | Sleeping with Science, a TED series
Summary
TLDR本视频提供了六个科学支持的睡眠改善建议。首先,保持规律作息,无论工作日还是周末,都应在同一时间上床睡觉和起床。其次,保持卧室凉爽,以帮助身体降低核心温度,促进睡眠。第三,创造黑暗环境,避免晚上接触电子屏幕,以促进褪黑素的释放。第四,如果长时间无法入睡,应起床做其他事情,以打破大脑对床的清醒联想。第五,避免晚间摄入咖啡因和酒精。最后,建立睡前放松习惯,帮助大脑逐渐进入睡眠状态。如果存在睡眠障碍,应寻求医生帮助。视频强调睡眠的重要性,视其为生命支持系统,甚至是一种超能力。
Takeaways
- 🛌 保持规律:每天同一时间上床和起床,有助于提高睡眠质量。
- ⏰ 使用上床闹钟:帮助建立规律的睡眠模式。
- 🌡️ 保持凉爽:卧室温度应保持在18°C左右,有助于入睡和保持睡眠。
- 🌑 保持黑暗:晚上避免光线干扰,促进褪黑素的释放,有助于睡眠。
- 🚶♂️ 如果长时间无法入睡,起床做其他事情,打破床与清醒状态的关联。
- 🚫 避免晚间摄入咖啡因和酒精:它们会影响睡眠质量。
- 🌙 建立睡前例行程序:逐渐放松,帮助大脑过渡到睡眠状态。
- 📵 睡前远离电子设备:减少对睡眠的干扰。
- 🧊 使用眼罩或遮光窗帘:帮助调节褪黑素,改善睡眠。
- 🍺 避免醉酒上床:醉酒会影响睡眠质量。
- ✈️ 睡眠像飞机着陆一样需要时间:给大脑时间逐渐进入睡眠状态。
- 🩺 如果有睡眠障碍,如失眠或睡眠呼吸暂停,请咨询医生。
Q & A
为什么保持睡眠的规律性对于改善睡眠质量很重要?
-保持睡眠的规律性对于改善睡眠质量很重要,因为它能够锚定你的睡眠,无论你是工作日还是周末,甚至在睡眠不佳的夜晚之后,都能提高睡眠的数量和质量。这是因为在你的大脑深处,有一个主24小时生物钟,它期待规律性,并在规律性条件下工作得最好,包括控制你的睡眠-觉醒时间表。
为什么建议使用上床闹钟来帮助改善睡眠?
-很多人使用闹钟来唤醒自己,但很少有人使用上床闹钟,这实际上可以提供帮助。因为上床闹钟可以帮助你保持规律的睡眠习惯,从而提高睡眠质量。
为什么降低卧室温度对促进睡眠有帮助?
-降低卧室温度有助于促进睡眠,因为大脑和身体需要降低核心温度大约1摄氏度或2到3华氏度,以启动睡眠并保持睡眠状态。人们通常发现在较冷的房间里更容易入睡,而不是在较热的房间里。
为什么卧室温度应该设置在大约65华氏度或18摄氏度以上?
-当前的建议是将卧室温度设定在大约65华氏度或18摄氏度以上,因为这样的温度有助于大脑和身体降低核心温度,从而更容易入睡并保持睡眠。
为什么黑暗对于晚上的睡眠至关重要?
-黑暗对于晚上的睡眠至关重要,因为我们需要黑暗来触发一种叫做褪黑激素的激素释放。褪黑激素有助于调节我们健康的睡眠时间。
为什么在睡前一小时内应避免使用电脑、平板电脑和手机?
-在睡前一小时内应避免使用电脑、平板电脑和手机,因为这些设备发出的光线会抑制褪黑激素的释放,这可能会干扰你的睡眠周期,使你难以入睡。
如果长时间躺在床上无法入睡,应该采取什么行动?
-如果你躺在床上尝试入睡超过大约25分钟,或者醒来后超过25分钟无法再次入睡,建议起床并做一些不同的事情。这是因为你的大脑是一个极其联想的设备,需要打破床与清醒状态的关联。
为什么说大脑将床与清醒状态关联起来,我们应该如何打破这种关联?
-大脑将床与清醒状态关联起来,因为床通常是我们醒来的地方。为了打破这种关联,当你无法入睡时,应该起床做一些其他的事情,只有当你感到困倦时才返回床上,这样你的大脑会逐渐重新学习,将床与良好的睡眠联系起来。
为什么在晚上避免摄入咖啡因和酒精对改善睡眠质量有帮助?
-在晚上避免摄入咖啡因和酒精对改善睡眠质量有帮助,因为这些物质会干扰睡眠周期,使你难以入睡或保持睡眠状态。
为什么建立一个放松的睡前例行程序对改善睡眠很重要?
-建立一个放松的睡前例行程序对改善睡眠很重要,因为睡眠是一个逐渐的过程,类似于飞机降落。在睡前20分钟或半小时,甚至一个小时,远离电脑和手机,做一些放松的事情,可以帮助你的大脑逐渐进入良好的睡眠状态。
如果怀疑自己有睡眠障碍,应该怎么办?
-如果你怀疑自己有睡眠障碍,如失眠或睡眠呼吸暂停,那么应该去看医生。这些建议可能无法帮助你,因为需要先治疗睡眠障碍,然后才能改善睡眠质量。
为什么睡眠可以被视为一种生命支持系统,甚至是一种超级力量?
-睡眠可以被视为一种生命支持系统,甚至是一种超级力量,因为睡眠对于身体和大脑的健康至关重要。良好的睡眠有助于身体恢复、记忆巩固和情绪调节,缺乏睡眠会影响我们的健康和日常生活。
Outlines
😴 改善睡眠质量的科学建议
本段讲述了如何通过科学的方法提高睡眠的质量和数量。首先,强调了规律性的重要性,建议每天同一时间上床睡觉和起床,这有助于调整生物钟,改善睡眠。其次,提到了保持适宜的睡眠环境温度,建议卧室温度控制在18摄氏度左右,以帮助入睡。接着,强调了黑暗环境对促进褪黑素释放、调节睡眠的重要性,并建议睡前避免使用电子设备,减少光线暴露。此外,提出了如果长时间无法入睡,应该起床做其他事情,以打破床与清醒状态的关联。还提到了避免晚上摄入咖啡因和酒精的建议。最后,强调了睡前放松程序的重要性,建议在睡前一段时间内远离电子设备,进行放松活动,以帮助入睡。对于有睡眠障碍的人,建议咨询医生。
💤 睡眠的重要性及其比喻
在这段中,讨论了睡眠的重要性,并将其比喻为生命支持系统,甚至是一种超能力。建议如果怀疑自己有睡眠障碍,应该及时咨询医生。这强调了睡眠不仅仅是日常活动的一部分,而是对健康至关重要,需要认真对待并妥善管理。
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Keywords
💡规律性
💡温度
💡黑暗
💡褪黑激素
💡起床闹钟
💡床上活动
💡咖啡因
💡酒精
💡放松
💡睡眠障碍
💡睡眠卫生
Highlights
保持睡眠的规律性,无论是工作日还是周末,都能提高睡眠质量。
大脑深处有一个24小时的生物钟,它期望规律性,从而控制睡眠-觉醒周期。
使用上床闹钟帮助保持规律性。
保持睡眠环境凉爽,有助于入睡和保持睡眠状态。
建议卧室温度约为18摄氏度,大约65华氏度。
晚上需要黑暗来触发褪黑激素的释放,帮助调节睡眠。
睡前一个小时避免使用电子设备,减少光线,有助于睡眠。
如果在床上超过25分钟无法入睡,建议起床做其他事情。
避免在床上长时间保持清醒,以打破床与清醒状态的关联。
下午和晚上避免摄入咖啡因,睡前不要饮酒。
建立一个放松的睡前例行程序,帮助大脑逐渐进入睡眠状态。
如果怀疑有睡眠障碍,如失眠或睡眠呼吸暂停,应咨询医生。
睡眠可以被视为一种生命支持系统,甚至可以称为超级力量。
睡眠障碍需要首先治疗,然后才能改善睡眠质量。
睡眠的生理过程类似于飞机降落,需要时间逐渐进入良好的睡眠状态。
睡前20分钟或半小时,远离电脑和手机,做一些放松的事情。
如果找到了适合自己的放松方法,坚持这个例行程序。
Transcripts
Transcriber: TED Translators admin Reviewer: Ivana Korom
We can all have a bad night of sleep
and that's perfectly normal,
but how could we try to improve
both the quantity and the quality of our sleep?
[Sleeping with Science]
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Here are six scientifically grounded tips
for better sleep.
The first tip is regularity.
Go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time.
Regularity is king,
and it will actually anchor your sleep
and improve both the quantity and the quality,
no matter whether it's the weekday or the weekend
or even if you've had a bad night of sleep.
And the reason is because deep within your brain,
you actually have a master 24-hour clock.
It expects regularity
and works best under conditions of regularity,
including the control of your sleep-wake schedule.
Many of us use an alarm to wake up
but very few of us use a to-bed alarm,
and that's something that can be helpful.
The next tip is temperature.
Keep it cool.
It turns out that your brain and your body
need to drop their core temperature by about one degree Celsius
or around two to three degrees Fahrenheit
in order to initiate sleep and then to stay asleep.
And this is the reason that you will always find it easier
to fall asleep in a room that's too cold than too hot.
So, the current recommendation
is to aim for a bedroom temperature
of around about 65 degrees Fahrenheit,
or a little over 18 degrees Celsius.
It sounds cold but cold it must be.
The next tip is darkness.
We are a dark-deprived society
and, in fact, we need darkness specifically in the evening
to trigger the release of a hormone called melatonin.
And melatonin helps regulate the healthy timing of our sleep.
In the last hour before bed,
try to stay away from all of those computer screens
and tablets and phones.
Dim down half the lights in your house.
You'd actually be quite surprised
at how sleepy that can make you feel.
If you'd like, you can wear an eye mask
or you can have blackout shades
and that will help best regulate
that critical sleep hormone of melatonin.
The next tip is walk it out.
Don't stay in bed awake for long periods of time.
And the general rule of thumb
is if you've been trying to fall asleep
and it's been 25 minutes or so,
or you've woken up and you can't get back to sleep
after 25 minutes,
the recommendation is to get out of bed
and go and do something different.
And the reason is because your brain
is an incredibly associative device.
The brain has learned the association
that the bed is this trigger of wakefulness,
and we need to break that association.
And by getting out of bed, you can go and do something else.
Only return to bed when you're sleepy.
And in that way, gradually,
your brain will relearn the association
that your bed is this place of sound and consistent sleep.
The fifth tip is something that we've actually
already spoken about in detail in this series,
which is the impact of alcohol and caffeine.
So, a good rule of thumb here is to try to stay away
from caffeine in the afternoon and in the evening
and certainly try not to go to bed too tipsy.
The final tip: have a wind-down routine.
I think many of us in the modern world,
we expect to be able to dive into bed at night,
switch off the light,
and we think that sleep is also just like a light switch,
that we should immediately be able to fall asleep.
Well, unfortunately, sleep isn't quite like that
for most of us.
Sleep, as a physiological process,
is much more similar to landing a plane.
It takes time for your brain to gradually descend down
onto the firm bedrock of good sleep.
In the last 20 minutes before bed or the last half an hour,
even the last hour,
disengage from your computer and your phone
and try to do something relaxing.
Find out whatever works for you
and when you have found it, stick to that routine.
The last thing I should note
is that if you are suffering from a sleep disorder,
for example, from insomnia or sleep apnea,
then these tips aren't necessarily going to help you.
If I was your sports coach,
I could give you all of these tips to improve your performance,
but if you have a broken ankle,
it's not going to make a difference.
We have to treat the broken ankle first
before we can get back to improving the quality of your performance.
And it's the same way with sleep.
So, if you think you have a sleep disorder,
just go and speak with your doctor.
That's the best piece of advice.
Where do we stand, then,
in all of this conversation about sleep?
Well, I think the evidence is clear.
We can think of sleep almost like a life-support system.
In fact, some may even call sleep a super power.
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