Is sleeping less REALLY bad for you?

Sridhar Rajendran - Stress, Anxiety, Burnout Coach

My name is Sridhar Rajendran and I help people who constantly struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep to get a good night’s sleep.  I have struggled with insomnia myself and know how painful it can be. That's why I like to get to the root cause of what's keeping someone awake and fix it quickly so you can go back to enjoying your life again.  Book a free strategy call and let's chat.  https://calendly.com/sridhar-coach/intro-call   #sleeptips #sleephelp #sleepingtips #sleepexpert #sleephealth #sleepcoach

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00:00is sleeping less bad for you? We all know that a good night's sleep is essential for a physical

00:07and mental well-being and typically people need anywhere between seven to nine hours of sleep.

00:13The sleep requirement varies for each person and it changes as we age. You might have noticed

00:19you know newborn babies spend most of their time sleeping and then as we reach adulthood

00:25you know it kind of stabilizes between seven to nine hours and again as we get older the

00:32amount of time we spend sleeping reduces. We kind of go back to the newborn phase.

00:38So the thing which I wanted to bring to your attention today is, is it the lack of sleep or

00:45the less sleep which is causing more problem or the awareness that you're losing sleep which is

00:50causing more problem. I know it sounds like a very meta thing but I'm going to explain about it.

00:56So there was a study which was done where you know I think about 400 people were observed while

01:03they were sleeping and their sleep quality was monitored using equipments so it was very accurate

01:12but the people who complained that they did not get good sleep had actually good sleep according to

01:19their readings but there were many people who did not get good sleep but never complained.

01:25So the scientists call them as you know non-complaining poor sleepers and complaining

01:31good sleepers. So when you don't get enough sleep yes there is going to be an impact of it on the

01:36body. You're going to feel tired, groggy, you might also feel irritable because your hormones are all

01:43over the place and your mood will fluctuate and you might not be able to focus and you know do

01:51problem solving. So all of these things are there but when you are even more aware or hyper aware

01:59about the lack of sleep even if you have you know woken up just one hour before your ideal wake up

02:06time and if you're very hyper aware about it then it could have an even bigger impact about it.

02:11It's important to learn about sleep, sleep hygiene, practice all of it but also learn to be

02:19a little bit gentler and kinder on yourself. We all go through some instances where we do not get

02:26sufficient sleep but we do perfectly fine. It could be like staying up all night to prepare for an exam

02:31or maybe there's a trip and we are very excited about it or you know it was your

02:38marriage or somebody's marriage and you just couldn't sleep because you were so happy and

02:42excited about it but you were fine even the next day. Again I'm not suggesting skip sleep but if

02:49you are even very hyper aware about you know missing out even a little bit of sleep that can

02:55have a huge impact on your emotional health rather than the physical health. So my recommendation to

03:02you is please follow sleep guidelines and observe what is that ideal quantity of sleep that you need

03:08six hours, seven hours or eight hours per day and stick to that and on days if you're unable to

03:14get that required amount of sleep then do not fret too much about it but make sure the

03:22following day you do not make it a habit and try to catch up on the sleep even though

03:27it's not technically possible to fully catch up because sleep that is gone is gone but at least

03:32you will be able to minimize the damage of that lost sleep on your physical and mental health.

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