http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleep-deprivation-blog.html A sleep blog straight from the minds and research of Dr. William Dement's Stanford Sleep and Dreams. Information about sleep deprivation, sleep disorders, sleep safety, and dreams. en-us sleep deprivation Thu, 10 May 2012 01:06:29 GMT Thu, 10 May 2012 01:06:29 GMT end-your-sleep-deprivation.com http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/the-face-of-reality-and-back-again-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/the-face-of-reality-and-back-again-sd.html I don't remember most of the dream except for the end. I was running down a corridor. I kept running and suddenly, something made me collapse. What felt Thu, 10 May 2012 01:06:23 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/a-2night-adventure-in-lucid-nightmares-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/a-2night-adventure-in-lucid-nightmares-sd.html One night about a year ago, I had a terrible and extremely vivid nightmare where someone was trying to kill me. I didn't see a knife or anything like that, Thu, 10 May 2012 00:59:50 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/friends-all-change-and-forget-who-i-am-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/friends-all-change-and-forget-who-i-am-sd.html Last night, I had a dream that all of my friends that I made in college forgot who I am. It was eerily realistic and movie-like: the dream started off Thu, 10 May 2012 00:57:11 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/remembering-the-stanford-sleep-camp-the-jerry-house-event.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/remembering-the-stanford-sleep-camp-the-jerry-house-event.html On January 28, 2012, an event was held at the Jerry House at Stanford University to commemorate the sleep research done there by Mary Carskadon and William Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:10:32 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/fallingthe-world-my-first-lucid-dream.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/fallingthe-world-my-first-lucid-dream.html At the age of five or six, I experienced a lucid dream for the first time, after I experienced something mentally scarring. During this time, I felt like Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:39:25 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/over-40-years-ago-i-was-a-volunteer-test-subject.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/over-40-years-ago-i-was-a-volunteer-test-subject.html In a sleep lab set up in the basement of Wilbur Dining Hall, I was wired up to an EEG, and spent the night being monitored as I slept. After a REM episode, Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:33:30 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/feel-like-my-life-is-crumbling-down-desperately-wanting-change.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/feel-like-my-life-is-crumbling-down-desperately-wanting-change.html I'm just turned 35 and have had high blood pressure now for going on 5 years, high is usually in around 180/120 give or take a few numbers & heart rate Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:13:02 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-story-my-head-my-new-life.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-story-my-head-my-new-life.html All journeys start with the first step, so I thought it appropriate to start at the beginning, almost. No boring stories from my childhood, as they are Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:40:44 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/tsunami-and-world-cup-ambition-dream-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/tsunami-and-world-cup-ambition-dream-sd.html My friends and I were on our way to the world cup games in South Africa. On our way to our flight departing from SFO, we decided that we wanted to go through Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:24:45 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/a-prophetic-swimming-dream-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/a-prophetic-swimming-dream-sd.html A few years ago when I was at a national swim meet (I'm a competitive swimmer), the night before the competition started I had a dream where I swam my Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:22:17 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/benefits-of-napping.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/benefits-of-napping.html The benefits of efficient napping go far beyond just relieving fatigue. Evidence and studies showing the performance advantages of naps, and advice on how to nap strategically. Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:45:09 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/running-back-in-time-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/running-back-in-time-sd.html I was at track practice, and we were doing something like 200 meter repetitions. I was feeling pretty bad about myself, because I used to be very good Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:48:55 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/parkour-on-the-titanic-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/parkour-on-the-titanic-sd.html In this dream, I found myself with a giant diamond suspended from a belt on my waist. I was atop a chandelier in what appeared to be a VERY upscale department Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:41:09 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/cyberloafing-an-unintended-consequence-of-daylight-savings.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/cyberloafing-an-unintended-consequence-of-daylight-savings.html Oh no, daylight savings has come again! As we lost an hour of time last Sunday, college students bemoaned the spring forwards. Most often, that shift led Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:33:52 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/dr-dements-super-water-gun-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/dr-dements-super-water-gun-sd.html I never sleep during lecture. I would never even dream of sleeping. Except, I did. I am pretty sure that I dreamed this because Dr. Dement mentioned in Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:05:35 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/exercise-is-positively-correlated-with-sleep-quality.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/exercise-is-positively-correlated-with-sleep-quality.html This article from the New York Times discusses the recent evidence now supporting the claim that performing exercise in the day leads to a better quality Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:55:46 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/is-it-unnatural-to-sleep-in-eighthour-intervals.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/is-it-unnatural-to-sleep-in-eighthour-intervals.html BBC News published an article two weeks ago (February 22, 2012) declaring that the eight-hour sleep pattern may actually be unnatural: research grounded Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:52:05 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/potentially-narcolepsy.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/potentially-narcolepsy.html I am 20 years old, female, and lately I have begun to experience a myriad of abnormalities relating to my sleeping and waking life. The first incident Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:02:11 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/im-a-teenager-who-doesnt-snore-could-i-have-sleep-apena.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/im-a-teenager-who-doesnt-snore-could-i-have-sleep-apena.html I'm 13 and I have trouble falling asleep, however no matter how much sleep I do get at night I'm always tired during the day. A lot of times I'll have Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:48:11 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleep-talking-ruined-my-relationship.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleep-talking-ruined-my-relationship.html I met my current boyfriend about a year ago, at a time that I really wasn't looking for anyone. I had just broken up with a boy I was with for two years, Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:59:34 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/false-awakening-lucid-dreaming-and-paralysis.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/false-awakening-lucid-dreaming-and-paralysis.html Where to begin..? I've been a lucid dreamer since I can remember, although I only discovered the term because of the film Inception. I believe it stemmed Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:29:07 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/an-almost-lucid-dream-with-a-far-from-lucid-awakening-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/an-almost-lucid-dream-with-a-far-from-lucid-awakening-sd.html This morning upon awakening I sat up with a smile, pleased with myself for having awakened. I sauntered out of bed believing I'd just earned myself a Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:47:03 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/a-mission-gone-wrong-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/a-mission-gone-wrong-sd.html The first thing I can remember from my dream is that I was a spy and I had super powers. However, the side that I was on wanted to keep me a secret, like Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:26:52 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/curse-you-autocorrect-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/curse-you-autocorrect-sd.html Those of us with iPhones know what a help the autocorrect function can be for emails and texts; at the same time, we've also all certainly had strange Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:13:06 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/inception-replica-dreaming-like-it-was-real-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/inception-replica-dreaming-like-it-was-real-sd.html For any of you who have ever seen the movie Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan with Leonardo DiCaprio acting as the central character, you will have Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:49:01 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/mission-impossible-sd.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/mission-impossible-sd.html My dream begins with me and my brother standing outside of an extremely well protected house. The house was guarded by a tall chain link fence and behind Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:55:20 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-first-postinception-ludid-dream.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-first-postinception-ludid-dream.html As far as I can remember, I've only had a handful of lucid dreams in my lifetime. After watching the film Inception, I started doing more reading about Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:49:20 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/dsps-is-ruining-my-life.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/dsps-is-ruining-my-life.html Incredible. Since about the age of twelve or thirteen I have had problems waking up on time for school, I was always getting in trouble for being late Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:45:42 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/chronic-dsps.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/chronic-dsps.html I am 34 years old. I can remember staying up until the 2am-3am time period when I was 11-years-old. My parents tried to get me to sleep, but I'd pretend Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:42:46 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/scared-to-death-to-sleep-chatting-about-rem-sleep-disorder.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/scared-to-death-to-sleep-chatting-about-rem-sleep-disorder.html My name is Judy. I am 64 years old and have just been diagnosed with rem sleep disorder. This disorder has scared me to death. I would love to chat with Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:26:03 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-subconcious-betraying-me.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/my-subconcious-betraying-me.html I have begun living with my boyfriend at the beginning of this month, and he has informed me that, lately (in the past couple of weeks) I have been talking Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:20:02 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleepwalking-taking-a-shower.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleepwalking-taking-a-shower.html I began sleepwalking as a very young child. However, mine did not go away as I got older; it only progressed. After I got married, I would wake up in Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:35:38 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/didnt-even-know-dsps-was-a-thing-but-it-makes-sooo-much-sense.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/didnt-even-know-dsps-was-a-thing-but-it-makes-sooo-much-sense.html I've routinely spent 1-3 hours a night trying to fall asleep for pretty much 90% of my nights for the past 4 years or so. I'm in my second year of university Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:21:17 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/trying-to-shift-circadium-rthym-from-6a3p.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/trying-to-shift-circadium-rthym-from-6a3p.html I have been suspecting I had a circadian sleep disorder for about 4 yrs, and had an official diagnosis about a month ago. Been trying to shift a sleep Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:07:28 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/how-long-have-i-had-sleep-apnea.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/how-long-have-i-had-sleep-apnea.html Can s sleep study determine how long you've had sleep apnea? I am a Veteran and trying to receive compensation for Sleep Apnea because i believe it is Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:26:35 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/cant-work-first-shift-diagnosed-with-delayed-sleep-phase-syndrome.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/cant-work-first-shift-diagnosed-with-delayed-sleep-phase-syndrome.html I thought I was going crazy and so did my family. I didn't know that there was a disorder out there. I didn't sleep at night and I slept late in the mornings Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:24:59 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/vivid-night-terrors-all-my-life-28-yo.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/vivid-night-terrors-all-my-life-28-yo.html I’m a 28 year old female and have been suffering from night terrors and nightmares since as long as I can remember. This might get a little winded so bare Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:07:27 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/getting-the-hours-i-need-but-feeling-like-ive-only-got-a-couple.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/getting-the-hours-i-need-but-feeling-like-ive-only-got-a-couple.html I'm 17 years old, a parent, and a high school student. I live with my boyfriend and his parents. Recently, I've been feeling as if I've only gotten a couple Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:02:01 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/it-sucks-but-its-ok-lifelong-sleep-paralysis-observations.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/it-sucks-but-its-ok-lifelong-sleep-paralysis-observations.html As long as I can remember I've had episodes of sleep paralysis. I had no idea that sleep paralysis was even a condition until a few years back. When I Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:28:18 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/delaying-dsps-treatment-suggestions-for-eventual-course-of-action.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/delaying-dsps-treatment-suggestions-for-eventual-course-of-action.html The Short Version. I am confident I have DSPS but am delaying treatment while I look for some work that will accommodate my current sleeping habits. Next Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:13:20 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/i-am-not-a-bad-person-i-am-just-different.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/i-am-not-a-bad-person-i-am-just-different.html I was formally diagnosed with Circadian Rhythm Disorder, Delayed Sleep Phase last year at age 43. I had an overnight sleep study, extensive analysis and Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:08:46 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/dsps-treatment-specifics-lacking.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/dsps-treatment-specifics-lacking.html Hi all Unemployed, desperate to be able to function in daytime hours, you know the drill. Did the research project from hell, finally got a light for Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:47:24 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/control-your-sleeping-patterns-using-blinds.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/control-your-sleeping-patterns-using-blinds.html Strategically influencing the lighting of your sleep environment can have profound impacts on your sleep quality and ability to sleep at certain times, such as during the day after a night shift. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:54:48 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/at-wits-end-sleep-apnea-without-snoring.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/at-wits-end-sleep-apnea-without-snoring.html I appreciate this site. It shows that more people are taking these problems seriously but it hasn't turned out to be as simple as some of these articles Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:14:07 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/dspdadd-since-i-was-7-years-old.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/dspdadd-since-i-was-7-years-old.html For years I never knew what was wrong with me. I'm 38 now and have struggled with DSPD (Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder) since about 7. I had been in and Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:44:19 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/index.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/index.html Is sleep deprivation holding you back in life? Not only can being sleep deprived negatively affect your efficiency, mood, alertness, and decision making, but it can also be extremely dangerous. Empower yourself with sleep and dreams knowledge here so you can live a healthier, happier life. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:22:01 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/long-ago-episode-and-present-day-troubles.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/long-ago-episode-and-present-day-troubles.html Hi. Many years ago I had several incidents of REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder (never diagnosed but obviously this was it). In one of them I dreamed that there Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:53:23 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleep-experts.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/sleep-experts.html Dr. Dement, the father of sleep medicine, was recently invited to join several other sleep professionals in discussing questions about sleep on the Everyday Health website. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:31:45 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/you-are-describing-my-13-year-old-son.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/you-are-describing-my-13-year-old-son.html Jack was diagnosed at Penn with early childhood onset OCD. He's obsessed with fear of being pierced by sharp objects and hoards to prevent it. My reading Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:53:08 GMT http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/electrical-stimuli-as-im-falling-asleep.html http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/electrical-stimuli-as-im-falling-asleep.html I'm a sleep therapist, so I know all about sleep stages and disorders. I have Obstructive sleep apnea, but no other disorder. My problem is that on occasion, Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:57:35 GMT