Vitalistics Score - What is it? Not satisfied with your sleep? If you aren’t satisfied with your sleep, you have come to the right place. There are a few basic things everyone needs to consider when it comes to their sleep. First, off they should know the recommended amount of sleep for their age. Then [...]
Sleep Quality of Life Impact - What is it? Your quality of sleep has a huge impact on your overall quality of life. While you sleep, your body undergoes your restoration process, fosters processed information into learned information, retains memories, and much more. We have broken down different factors that are greatly affected by good [...]
Mental Health - What is it? Sleep and mental health are rarely talked about on the same plane, but their relationship is much more intimate and complex than we give them credit for. For example, studies have shown that in the U.S. chronic sleep disorders affect 50% to 80% of adults who have been diagnosed [...]
Stress Wellness - What is it? You experience stress when you feel like the demands placed on you — such as work, school or relationships — exceed your ability to cope with them. It’s hard not to get overwhelmed from time to time with everything most people have on their plate these days. Between juggling [...]
Exploding Head Syndrome - What is it? Exploding head syndrome is an imagined loud noise heard just before one falls asleep sounding like: A loud bang Cymbals crashing A bomb exploding Constant violent crashing Episodes are undeterminable and may happen every night, multiple times a night, or infrequently. Exploding head syndrome is typically more annoying than [...]
Sexsomnia - What is it? Sexsomnia is considered to be one of many different parasomnias. Other parasomnias include sleepwalking, sleep talking, night terrors, and sleep eating. Sexsomnia is a parasomnia where people experience sexual behavior while they are asleep. It is similar to sleepwalking and sleep eating, whereas, the person is amnesic during the episode [...]
Sleep Hallucinations - What is it? Sleep-related hallucinations are easily confused with dreams because they are imagined events that seem very real, but are not dreams because they occur when you are awake; typically, just as you are waking up or just as you are falling asleep. The images, sounds, smells, and touch you experience [...]
Sleep-Related Eating Disorder (SRED) - What is it? Repeated instances of compulsive binge eating and drinking while in a semi-awake state is considered a sleep-related eating disorder. When it happens, you typically have no memory of the event, and it is very difficult to wake up from an episode fully. Usually, people eat recklessly and have [...]
Sleep Terrors - What is it? Sleep terrors/night terrors occur in the first few hours of sleep during phase just before deep sleep called the slow-wave sleep phase. The terror is brought on when the person feels a deep sense of terror and fear that they cannot shake. Sleep terrors are more common in adults than [...]
Sleepwalking - What is it? Sleepwalking is just like it sounds, you get up from bed and walk around even though you are still sleeping. You may even act out complex actions that you normally would do while awake; this could be as simple as walking downstairs to the kitchen, opening the fridge, and pouring yourself [...]
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