“So you have Sleep Stage One, Two, and then Three/Four. One is a little bit lighter stage of the quiet, non-REM sleep and then Three/Four is really deep, deep sleep. And what you want is, you actually want a number of - you want to go through all of these stages throughout the night.” WantLittlesTwoNightThreeBitsSleepNumbersFourStageQuietLittle BitWhat You WantLightersReally DeepDeep Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“So people only focus on getting the really deep sleep, but in reality, we spend almost 60% of the night in the stage two sleep.” PeopleTwoRealityNightSleepFocusStageReally DeepDeep Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“So we go through in the beginning of the night, we go into the really deep stages of sleep and we actually cycle through. So, when you go down to the deep stage, then you go back up and you actually come into something called REM sleep, which is after about 90 minutes.” NightSleepMinutesStageCyclesReally Deep Author:Shelby Harris
“So when you're in REM sleep, your brain is very active, our body is quiet, but your brain is really processing a lot of things, a lot of emotions; we dream the most in REM sleep. And then you go back down in the deep stages, and so on and so forth.” DreamBodySleepEmotionBrainStageQuietActiveProcessing Author:Shelby Harris
“People tend to remember their dreams in the morning a little bit better and if earlier in the night, when you're in a lot of deep sleep, if someone wakes you, or the phone rings or something, you're really confused.” PeopleIfsLittlesDreamRememberNightBitsSleepMorningLittle BitPhonesRingsConfusedWakes YouDeep Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“Really if it's an hour or two after you've fallen asleep because you're in such a deep sleep at that point.” IfsTwoHoursSleepFallenDeep Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“We actually don't know the function of sleep all that well yet, but sleep is a time of quiescence in the brain.” KnowsWellsSleepBrainFunction Author:Shelby Harris
“When you're in the more deeper stages of sleep - REM sleep, your body is quiet, but your mind is actually very active. So it's a time when your body and your brain is restoring itself. It's repairing any cell damage that happened during the day, it's really repairing, like I said, repairing your body, but also helps with digestion, helps with memory.” MindSaidHelpingBodyMemoriesSleepBrainHappenedStageQuietDeeperActiveYour BodyCellsDamageRestoringDigestionRepairing Author:Shelby Harris
“So, sleep deprivation, and sometimes an insomnia, which is a little bit of a different form, but just getting a lack of sleep, can lead to a number of different decrements.” LittlesDifferentSometimesFormBitsSleepNumbersLittle BitInsomniaDeprivationSleep DeprivationLack Of Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“Workplace accidents with people who are sleep deprived or people who work shifts and they don't get the right amount of sleep during the day or at night.” PeopleNightSleepAmountAccidentsWorkplaceDeprivedSleep Deprived Author:Shelby Harris
“There's a new line of research showing that people who don't get enough sleep, they're body doesn't metabolize as well. And so they actually - it leads to weight gain. So if you're not getting enough sleep, you might have difficulty losing weight.” PeopleIfsWellsEnoughBodyMightLinesSleepLosingResearchGainsWeightDifficultyEnough Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“When you are more awake at nights, they'll toss and turn, they'll think more, they get frustrated. And when that starts to happen, you really don't sleep even more because you're making your body tense and your mind is getting more and more active.” ThinkingMindBodyHappensNightTurnsSleepActiveYour BodyAwakeFrustratedTenseTossAwake At Night Author:Shelby Harris
“In general, there are patients with insomnia who - many patients with insomnia will actually over report the lack of sleep that they are getting.” SleepPatientReportsInsomniaLack Of Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“Some patients are still having insomnia, but it's seems worse to them than actually it is. So, if they say they're sleep deprived, they haven't slept at all in three days; if we actually take them into a lab, most of the time we actually do see they're sleeping on and off here and there.” IfsStillsSeemsThreeSleepHavensPatientDeprivedInsomniaHere And ThereLabsAnd OffSleep Deprived Author:Shelby Harris
“We've looked at sleep diaries of patients with insomnia, and they'll say that they don't sleep for one or two days. And the body actually has a natural function, after about the third day to start catching up and you get a little bit more sleep the third night. And that's usually what I tell my patients.” LittlesTwoBodyNightBitsNaturalSleepLittle BitThirdsFunctionPatientDiariesInsomniaCatchingTwo DaysCatching Up Author:Shelby Harris
“When they [people with insomnia] start worrying about not sleeping, I'll say, "Say the mantra to myself; if I don't sleep tonight, I'll likely sleep tomorrow, and if not tomorrow then definitely the third" because our body has a way of naturally catching up.” PeopleIfsWayBodySleepWorryTomorrowThirdsTonightInsomniaCatchingMantrasCatching UpNot Sleeping Author:Shelby Harris
“So if somebody has chronic pain, we want to manage the pain, but we still want to treat the insomnia separately. So what we'll tend to do in our sleep lab is we'll do a thorough evaluation and we usually have myself, who is a Psychologist and a Sleep Behavioral Sleep Specialist, I treat the patients first.” IfsWantFirstsStillsPainSleepTreatsPatientManageInsomniaPsychologistThoroughLabsSpecialistsEvaluationChronic Pain Author:Shelby Harris
“I'll work on patient's thoughts about sleep, "So I must get eight hours of sleep tonight or I won't sleep tomorrow." That sometimes - or "I won't function tomorrow." That sometimes makes it very difficult for you to sleep at night” SometimesNightDifficultHoursSleepTomorrowFunctionPatientEightTonight Author:Shelby Harris
“We'll work on relaxation strategies and also changing the times you go to bed will actually make them sleep a little bit less for a few nights so their body's natural sleep drive starts to kick in. That is very effective in about 60% to 70% of patients who do it, four to eight sessions, not even every week; it works for 60% to 70% of patients.” LittlesBodyNightBitsNaturalSleepFourWeekBedLittle BitStrategyPatientEightKicksRelaxationSession Author:Shelby Harris
“So someone who is a child usually goes to bed about 8:00 or 9:00 at night, but then when they have a circadian rhythm shift, it shifts later. And this is natural. And they start to go to bed at 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 and they want to sleep later. So we see this a lot in teens.” WantChildrenNightNaturalSleepBedRhythmTeensWant To SleepCircadian Rhythm Author:Shelby Harris
“There's a problem for them [teens] when they have to get up and go to school in the morning, they're very sleepy, yet on the weekends, they'll sleep 12 hours, they'll sleep late and then go to bed late and wake up late. And on vacations, it's not a problem.” ProblemSchoolHoursSleepMorningBedLateWake UpGet UpWeekendVacationTeensSleepySleep Late Author:Shelby Harris
“We're not really sure why it [broken circadian rhythm] continues, but when they become adults, we usually have to treat it because many people need to get up early to go to work and they can't be sleeping until 11:00 or 12:00. So we use treatments like bright light therapy, melatonin, things like that that are very effective.” PeopleNeedsUseLightSleepBrokenAdultsTreatsGet UpRhythmTherapyTreatmentUp EarlyBright LightsCircadian RhythmMelatonin Author:Shelby Harris
“So a lot of people who work rotating shifts and they work at night, their bodies are set to want to be awake during the day and sleep at night. So there are some people who have a lot of trouble adjusting their rhythms and they have trouble working the night shift, they're sleepy, they're drowsy driving home.” PeopleWantHomeBodyNightSleepTroubleDrivingRhythmAwakeSleepyAdjustingDrowsyNight ShiftRotatingDriving Home Author:Shelby Harris
“It's uncommon, but there are some people who just have a delayed circadian rhythm and they just - they sleep better during the day then they do at night. So they've - a lot of those people with delayed sleep phase disorder they start to work in bars, they work some of the late night shifts, they sort of adjust to doing it more and more as time goes on.” PeopleNightSleepGoes OnLateBarsRhythmDisorderPhasesUncommonDelayedLate NightTime Goes OnNight ShiftCircadian Rhythm Author:Shelby Harris
“Night terrors are very different from nightmares. A lot of people will think they're the same, but they're really not. Night terrors - you want to look at the time of night when you're having the problem. Night Terrors happen in deep sleep. Nightmares tend to happen in a lighter REM sleep.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksDifferentProblemHappensNightSleepTerrorNightmareLightersDeep SleepNight Terrors Author:Shelby Harris
“Night terrors are in deep sleep, and they're more common in kids, as are nightmares, but what happens in a night terror is like a flash - we think a flash of some image or something happens in the brain. We don't really quite know what. And it usually ends up with the child screaming almost like screaming bloody murder. It's very scary for the parents or whoever else is around.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenEndsHappensKidsNightParentSleepCommonBrainMurderTerrorScaryThings HappenNightmareFlashBloodyDeep SleepNight Terrors Author:Shelby Harris
“We think is happening in the brain, the way I like to think about it is, it's almost like, you're brain is going through all these stages of sleep and it's developing in children so fast that it's almost like you're shifting gears in a car. And at some point, you actually stall out a little bit, and that's kind of what happens during a night terror.” ThinkingWayKindChildrenLittlesHappensNightBitsSleepBrainStageCarLike YouLittle BitHappeningsTerrorDevelopingShiftingGearsNight Terrors Author:Shelby Harris
“Sleep paralysis is something that is actually very common. Many people have it, I've had it myself. And what happens is, when you're in that REM stage of sleep, your brain is very active. You're dreaming your most during that stage, you're mind, your eyes are moving, there's a lot going on. It's like fireworks going on in your brain.” PeopleMindDreamHappensEyeMovingSleepCommonBrainStageActiveCommon ManParalysisFireworks Author:Shelby Harris
“Some patients will report that they have sleep paralysis. If we see sleep paralysis alone and nothing else, we don't really think all that much of it, but if we see other symptoms, then it might be a red flag for something else that's going on.” IfsThinkingMightSleepRedPatientReportsFlagsSymptomsParalysisRed Flags Author:Shelby Harris
“There are some that are - REM Behavior Disorder, we'll see some court documented cases. And they really need to have a thorough evaluation with a sleep specialist.” NeedsSleepCasesBehaviorCourtDisorderThoroughSpecialistsEvaluation Author:Shelby Harris
“There's confusional arousals, there are states in deeper sleep that can happen where people will go and they'll disappear and they'll take on some other persona. They'll commit some crime, but it's all when they are in a very deep stage of sleep. So you really need to have a very thorough evaluation.” PeopleNeedsStatesHappensSleepStageCrimeDeeperDisappearCommitPersonaThoroughVery DeepEvaluationArousal Author:Shelby Harris
“Narcolepsy is a disorder that affects many different areas of life. So in typical patients with narcolepsy, they have something called "excessive daytime sleepiness." So, they're very sleepy during the day. Yet, at night, they're still sleepy, but their sleep is very broken.” StillsDifferentNightSleepBrokenAreasPatientDisorderTypicalSleepyDaytimeSleepinessNarcolepsy Author:Shelby Harris
“Now narcolepsy is really hard though because they're very tired during the day, they're sleepy during the day and it's managed mostly with medications. So we use medications to help them sleep better at night and to stay away during the day. But there are behavioral things you can do also by changing diet, exercise, having an actual nap schedule.” HardHelpingUseNightCan DoSleepExerciseTiredDietsSchedulesMedicationNapsSleepyUsing MeNarcolepsy Author:Shelby Harris
“I sleep in the pajamas almost every single night, if not, the nightgowns.” IfsNightSleepPajamas Author:Jill Stuart
“Every time I wake up I have this huge dreadlock in the back, and I don't know why. It's not like I sleep like a maniac or anything. It gets knots out really easy, and it's handy.” KnowsEasySleepHugeWake UpKnotsHandyManiacsDreadlocks Author:Lara Stone
“I think of being an actor as kind of a young man's gig. It's emasculating, in a way, people messing with you and putting make-up on you and telling you when to wake up and when to go to sleep, holding your hand to cross the street. I can do it up to a certain point, and then I start to feel like a puppet.” PeopleThinkingMenWayFeelsKindI CanHandsYoungCertainActorsCan DoSleepStreetsCrossesWake UpYoung ManGigsGoing To SleepPuppetsI Can Do It Author:Kevin Bacon
“And when I say permanent afternoon, you know, I’m talking like crystal clear, crispy blue sky. All the sudden you didn’t need to sleep as much because it just was difficult. And how that translated into my creative process I still am not quite sure, but it made my relationship to sleep a kind of abstract you know bizarre…” KnowsNeedsKindMadeStillsProcessDifficultSleepTalkingCreativeClearSkyBluePermanentAbstractAfternoonCreative ProcessBizarreCrystalsBlue Sky Author:DJ Spooky
“Sleep is crucial and I tend to find when the sun is shining I find it much more difficult to get that sense of sleep.” DifficultSleepSunShiningCrucial Author:DJ Spooky
“I just had a device made that fits in your mouth and juts your jaw out like you have an underbite. It locks in that position to keep your throat passage open when you sleep. This is the sacrifice I make for my wife. It was either this device or me sleeping in the other room.” MadeSleepRoomsWifeSacrificePositionLike YouFitMouthsMy WifeDevicesThroatPassagesLocksSleeping In Author:Richard Gere
“'Ornithologists concluded that migratory birds take hundreds of naps as they fly; they also practice unilateral eye closure, in which one eye closes, thereby permitting half the brain to sleep.' Is this what happens when photographers close one eye to look through a viewfinder? If so, they might be operating with only half a brain. Perhaps that explains.” IfsLooksMightHappensEyeSleepBrainHalfPracticePhotographyBirdPhotographerNapsClosureMigratory Birds Author:Bill Jay
“I have spent my whole life scared, frightened of things that could happen, might happen, might not happen, 50 years I spent like that. Finding myself awake at three in the morning. But you know what? Ever since my diagnosis, I sleep just fine.” KnowsYearsWholeMightHappensThreeSleepMorningFineFindingsScaredWhole LifeAwakeFrightenedInsightfulDiagnosisFinding Myself Author:Walter White
“We spent all day travelling, living away from the people you love, not sleep in our own bed ... We are far from our own houses. We live in hotels, clubs. And now that I am a father it is much more difficult.” PeopleFatherHouseDifficultSleepBedClubsHotel Author:Novak Djokovic
“I love my dog unconditionally, but never the man I'm sleeping with.” MenSleepDogHe ManMy DogI Love My DogLove My Dog Author:Isabel Allende
“I will miss a good friend who was so talanted. He was such agreat performer/ guitar player. Sleep well Prince.” WellsSleepPlayerMissingGuitarPerformersGood FriendGuitar PlayerSleep Well Author:Ronnie Wood
“When I grew up in the church, we were praying because the Communists were going to come over and hang you upside down on a cross, and I so wanted to be a good person, and I had these rosary beads that I would sleep with every night, and I just wanted the blessed Virgin to be on my side.” PersonsWantedNightSidesChurchSleepGrewPrayingGrew UpCrossesBlessedCommunistEvery NightVirginsGood PersonUpside DownBeadsRosaryBeing A Good PersonRosary Beads Author:Susan Sarandon
“I like working late at night and then going into the house and sitting down and watching a movie and then going to sleep.” NightHouseSleepLateSittingDown AndGoing To SleepSitting DownWorking Late Author:Robert Barry
“If I get no sleep the night before a show, I feel that performance is the best one.” IfsFeelsShowsNightSleepPerformancesNo Sleep Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“As a kid growing up, the most simple things would make me so, so excited. I remember the first time my dad got a let-out couch; you could sleep in it like a bed and my sister and I just thought that was so magical.” FirstsKidsRememberSleepSimpleGrowing UpGrowingDadBedFirst TimeMy DadExcitedMy SisterCouchesSimple ThingsKids Growing Up Author:Keke Palmer
“One of the cool things, obviously there's 'Scandal,' 'House of Cards,' there was 'West Wing.' Other than that Jack Lemmon/James Garner movie about ex-presidents, no one's ever done anything in this area, whereas a lot of times, we do a story where someone goes, "Oh, yeah, they did someone sleeping with a Secret Service agent on 'House of Cards.'"” DoneStoriesHousePresidentSleepSecretAreasYeahWingsWestCardsAgentsExesScandalCool ThingsSecret ServiceHouse Of Cards Author:David Mandel
“We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.” WantNeedsHumansParentSleepBabyPerfectionBeing HumanAmbivalentNeed Sleep Author:Erica Jong