I’m sure everybody has at least watched a video or read an article about tips on getting good sleep, or advice on how to cure insomnia. I read articles which talked about tricks that supposedly helped anyone to sleep anytime anywhere. It’s something that the military used, according to those articles. But what exactly does science say about good sleep and how to get it? Well, theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder gives us a rundown on the video above.
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There are a few myths that we need to bust about getting good sleep or being able to fall asleep. The fact is there’s no trick, hack, or shortcut to sleeping. There’s no sleeping position, stress point, nerve ending, or whatever that could induce sleeping faster or more effectively. There’s just no scientific evidence to support such claims.
Sleeping pills and melatonin might work but they’re only temporary. There’s still no substitute for natural sleep. The fact of the matter is our lifestyle, habits, and environment are the major contributing factors to whether we get good sleep or not.
Furthermore, although it is often recommended that we get, on average, eight hours of sleep each day, the amount of sleep necessary to function properly is different from person to person, as is the method of getting to sleep.
Perhaps one key advice I took from the video is that, when you find that you can’t sleep, toughing it out and staying in bed is not the best way to address it. Getting out of bed might be more beneficial in inducing you to fall asleep. That and more dos and don’ts of good sleep from Back Reaction.
(Video credit: Sabine Hossenfelder/Youtube)
Source: neatorama