1) My sleeping patters from Monday to Friday were all sufficient and mostly regular. I was having a good quality sleep each night and getting at least 8 hours of sleep. In the mornings I felt refreshed and wasnt tired, but during the day I started to feel tired and drousy which means that I probably need to be going to bed earlier to be feeling my best.
2) Bad or good sleeping patterns can have either good or bad long and short or long term affects. Some short term affects could be illness, unusual behaviour and acting out of character, skin problems, make leaning, listening and concentrating hard, limit your focus and make you want to eat more sweet and unhealthy foods which will cause weight gain all from just not enough sleep. Some long term effects of not enough or limited sleep are obesity and a range of other health problems like cardiovascular disease.
3) Some ways you can improve your sleeping patterns are too:
Go to bed at around the same time every night and wake up at the same time so your body gets a set body clock.
Don’t have electronics in your bedroom during the night.
You should stop using electronic devices or minimise the usage of them in the night before you plan on sleeping, this is because these devices keep your mind running and make it harder to fall asleep and to get into a deep sleep throughout the night.
Make sure you exercise during the day.
4) How the use of electronic devices affect sleeping patterns:
The use of electronic devices before sleep time is not good for your sleeping patterns and will most likely result in you having bad quality sleeps. Because these devices are usually light emitting they supress the sleep promoting hormone. This means your body will assume that it should be no longer be going to sleep so will keep you awake for longer by not releasing the sleep hormone melatonin. The recommendation for an alternative to using electronics before bed is that you stop using the device an hour or more before you plan on going to sleep. This will give your body time to relax and release to sleep hormone melatonin resulting in feeling tired and falling asleep.
2) Bad or good sleeping patterns can have either good or bad long and short or long term affects. Some short term affects could be illness, unusual behaviour and acting out of character, skin problems, make leaning, listening and concentrating hard, limit your focus and make you want to eat more sweet and unhealthy foods which will cause weight gain all from just not enough sleep. Some long term effects of not enough or limited sleep are obesity and a range of other health problems like cardiovascular disease.
3) Some ways you can improve your sleeping patterns are too:
- Go to bed at around the same time every night and wake up at the same time so your body gets a set body clock.
- Don’t have electronics in your bedroom during the night.
- You should stop using electronic devices or minimise the usage of them in the night before you plan on sleeping, this is because these devices keep your mind running and make it harder to fall asleep and to get into a deep sleep throughout the night.
- Make sure you exercise during the day.
4) How the use of electronic devices affect sleeping patterns:The use of electronic devices before sleep time is not good for your sleeping patterns and will most likely result in you having bad quality sleeps. Because these devices are usually light emitting they supress the sleep promoting hormone. This means your body will assume that it should be no longer be going to sleep so will keep you awake for longer by not releasing the sleep hormone melatonin. The recommendation for an alternative to using electronics before bed is that you stop using the device an hour or more before you plan on going to sleep. This will give your body time to relax and release to sleep hormone melatonin resulting in feeling tired and falling asleep.