讀著標題"sleep tight!"的文章,內容一開始細數使人無法容易入睡的各種原因。
"Let us count the ways:"
其一,"We are over-caffeinated and over-medicated, wreaking havoc with slumber patterns.
(這點我沒有,因為平常已經不太敢喝,其實我只要喝一大杯茶或咖啡就非常容易受到影響)
其二,"We are over-wired (video games, web browsing, social media, texting) and overstressed
(money, work, relationships, overloaded schedules), making us too restless to doze off when we should."
(這點可能就很明顯,與其告訴自己限縮上網時間,或減少電腦前久坐,我想要求自己讀些書,
參與些戶外活動或做些家事勞動就可能會自然達到目的,另外,現階段要減少將一些工作帶回家
,這好像還有些困難。)
其三,"We are overworked (longer hours, night shifts incompatible with our biological clocks)
and overweight (perhaps a chicken-or-egg deal, as different studies have found that one leads to the other)."
(這方面的確感受深受,經常性夜班輪值總是相當影響了睡眠品質)
其四,"And then there s societal pressure, what nationally recognized sleep expert Dr.Mark Mahowald calls
"the pervasive, erroneous attitude that sleep is not a biological imperative, that it is negotiable.
We have raised sleep deprivation to a badge of honor."
(這個不說我還沒想到,敝單位的老鳥中的老鳥就經常吹噓說他不管多晚睡,即使多麼睡眠不足都會六點就起床,
提前三十分鐘來到辦公室,明示或暗示這是多麼盡責的表現。但是又令人忍不住想私底下吐嘈他,即使過了八點
也不見他做半點事,還是菜鳥幫他做到八點多,他才慢條斯理地從茶水間走出來接手應屬他的工作。但是這種
"societal pressure" 的確也是感受良深。廣播教學老師解釋時換句話說是"perceived expectation" 一時之間對這詞語
我反而不知道它中文如何翻譯和解釋,還需要google查一下,但是昨晚這麼一查又過了半夜二點了!
好像呼應了副標題"Getting a good night s sleep isn t so easy呢!)