The Big Sleep

Hello everyone, I hope that you have had a good week-end.

I  would like to draw your attention to an a article published in the magazine "The Hindu" (click here for the full story)

Most people today ignore the the fact that they are tired. They put too little attention to their sleep, often focusing on other areas of their lives, and putting sleep as after all their other priorities. When facing with the following decision:

• I am tired but Matrix 2 is on TV...

what do you do?

Let's see another situation: when you set up your alarm clock...

• I could really do with 8 hours of sleep, but I should get up at 6 if I want to do all I should be doing for work.

Do you see what I mean? There is always something that seems more important than sleeping. Until you reach  a  point that you are so tired you can't do anything anymore. "Ignore sleep problems and you only get diminishing returns," says the article.

It can even be dangerous if you are a driver: "Sleepy driving is emerging as a big problem in the UK, so we now have lots of signboards that read `Tiredness kills - Take a break'," says Dr. Singh, who also teaches at Imperial College, London (excerpt from article).

Your mattress plays an important part in your sleep

Getting a new mattress will drastically improve your sleep. It will impact on the way your back rests and will decrease the number of time your body moves during the night.

A bad or an old mattress (more than 8 year old) is usually unable to support your body the way it should. As a result, your back hurts while you sleep (and prevents your body from getting the right sleep).

After a while, the fillings on top of the mattress tend to flatten as a result, you get pressure points. If you have too many pressure points, your body will turn over too many times throughout the night, and this will disturb your sleep.

Visit the DR SLEEP section of our website (bedeezee.co.uk) to make your choice, or call one of our sleep advisors at 08000 12 20 20.

Have a good week,

-Ben