How to Get Rid of Teen Insomnia?
Essay by fiona1015 • October 5, 2013 • Essay • 664 Words (3 Pages) • 1,476 Views
How to get rid of teen insomnia?
According to a recent Chinese Sleep Research Society web survey, 38.2% adults have sleep problems. You might think insomnia is none of us business; but I'm sure teenagers don't overcome (double negative) sleep problems as well. Among our class, I know that Aurora have suffered from severe insomnia. So, today, I'd like to introduce some reliable ways to mitigate youth insomnia, which is not only related to adolescent growth, is also related to our studies and future development (parallelism).
At the first part of my speech, I'll find the potential causes of teen insomnia since we cannot provide the correct therapy without the proper diagnosis (double negative). Here are several possible factors:
First factor relates to the physical changes, such as the bad sleep patterns. The common case is teens fall asleep early and tend to stay up late at night. The reason behinds this case is the hormone, which is produced in a different timescale compared in children and adults. As a result, teens cannot adapt this change quickly.
"Aurora, Are you under a lot of stress when you were doing your parsons collections?"
Yes, the second factor is about the psychological problems, such as mood disorders. We usually face a lot of pressure in our life, for instance, the competition with peers, the grade of our CIE tests, university application, interpersonal relationships and so on. These things will make us feel anxious and depressed, and eventually cause bad sleep.
Another factor is medications, but I think most of us are not involved in the medical problems.
A poor night's sleep can disturb our daily routines and cause negative effects. The negative effects (anadiplosis) will lead you to fall asleep in class, and feel hard to concentrate. Moreover, you get demotivated and show worse performance. In order to avoid those sings, here are several self-regulated ways to improve your quality of sleep.
First, you can set a regular bedtime to regulate your natural clock. Insisting for a while, you will get used to going to bed and waking up at the same time. For instance, in order to ensure eight hours sleep, we can set the bedtime at 11:00 p.m. I'm sure that you can finish the homework before eleven o'clock.
Second, you can try to avoid playing electric entertainments before sleeping. That's because electronic games will make you high and disrupt your intention to sleep.
Next one is to cut down your napping times. Before doing this research, I thought napping is a good thing, which can adjust the exhaustion and store energy. However, napping too much will turn things into a bad side. Scientists state that too much napping will influence the nighttime
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