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Finding your 'Sleep Groove'

2025/1/30
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Olivia Walsh: 我过去是个“睡眠剥夺牛仔”,经常为了塞满日程而牺牲睡眠,导致睡眠时间极不规律。我会熬夜到凌晨两点学习,然后早上五点起床训练,还以此为傲。周末则试图通过狂睡来弥补,但完全没有规律的概念,也不明白睡眠时间的重要性。这种不规律的睡眠很快就让我付出了代价,注意力、专注力都变得很差,甚至忘记了重要的会议。大学时,我一心想体验所有的事情,但讽刺的是,因为睡眠不足,很多事情都记不住了。后来,我参与了一项睡眠研究,需要保持规律的作息。我惊讶地发现,规律的作息对我的健康产生了积极的影响,包括皮肤变好、体重减轻、情绪改善。这促使我去研究昼夜节律以及它与身体功能的联系。我认为好的睡眠是指你和周围的人都对你的睡眠感到满意。健康的睡眠在于获得充足的睡眠,并且每天在同一时间睡觉,形成规律的睡眠节奏。生物节律的重要性在于,它使我们能够更有效地完成各种事情,避免所有系统始终以相同的功率运行。我们应该把睡眠节律看作呼吸节律,重点在于节律本身,而不是简单地把它看作一个需要填满的油箱。我希望人们后退一步,不要只关注睡眠阶段,而要关注睡眠规律。你无法通过意志力控制睡眠阶段,但可以控制发送给身体时钟的时间信号,从而影响睡眠质量。睡眠规律和节律比追踪和分析睡眠数据更重要。

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In college, Olivia Walch was a self-described "sleep deprivation cowboy." She would go days with only 3 to 4 hours of sleep and then binge sleep at other times. But soon, it all caught up with her. Now, she's a sleep researcher at the University of Michigan with a simple message: Sleep regularity is key — as is darkness. She joins host Maiken Scott to discuss her new book "Sleep Groove: Why Your Body's Clock Is So Messed Up And What to Do About It."Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)