We have
been looking at some very intrinsic characteristics of sleeping, now we will
examine and look at some of the extrinsic properties of sleeping. These are the
properties of sleeping that are classified as the indirect impulse of sleeping
and these properties of sleep are those that are noticeable by other persons
and can have very unbalanced effect on the person. Have you ever asked yourself
why you close your eyes when you asleep or why your body losses stability when
you sleep (i.e. the holding aspect) or have you noticed that when you sleep you
lose control of your senses, this is because sleep is a very important activity
that demands a lot from us and always take full control of the body.
Some of the indirect
impulse of sleep include:
(1)
INSTABILITY.
(2) LOSS
OF SENSES
(3)
CLOSING OF EYES.
INSTABILITY: when
we sleep
we loss total control of our body, in respect to the stability of the total
body, this can be very much seen in the nodding effect or the staggering effect
of our body when we tend to fall asleep. This effect can be very much related
to the second impulse which is loss of the senses, due to the fact that we tend
to lose our sense i.e. the sense organs and also the control of it, that need
to be given to the control of the body we also tend to lose the control on the
body since the control of the body basically takes place by the senses
themselves and also by our control of them and as we know form basic science
that the stability of the body is somehow related to the ear, and its sensors.
But
seriously am not here to give you a talk about what goes on in the ear or some
sort of biological explanation of how the ear function. As was stated in the
last article, that most or sometimes the indirect impulse of sleeping originate
due to the wrong use or wrong way of sleeping and then this phenomenon can be
clearly seen also when we try to sleep vertically, due to this reason we have
to try our best to sleep horizontally that is submitting ourselves totally to
the force of gravity.
When sitting
down and we fall asleep our body losses control not in the sense of loss of
temper but in the sense that we basically cannot control the way our body
dangle about on the chair so we can say that we are not in control of our body.
And since when sitting some part of our body (that is not at stable
equilibrium) will look for support to keep the body balance most especially our
head in this case our body (the main structure that’s holding the head) will
keep swaying from side to side to look for where it can rest since the whole
weight of the head has been left to gravity. And also due to the fact that the
body will also try to be as comfortable as possible it will keep swaying till a
member or structure gives it that satisfaction, then we can deduce that the
quickest and most available member for this job even if it's not so comfortable
is the hand, that’s the basic bios run file that is initiated when we tend to
fall asleep in those conditions. But there is little trick to it if you want to
sleep while you are sitting down, then you look for a seat that has a flat back
or its approximate then while resting your back firmly on the seat you should
try to balance your head so that the center of gravity of your back cuts right
into two your head in this way your head will be balance in respect to your
body thereby largely eliminating the head-neck ratio bias. Since we all know
that gravity acts on anybody that’s suspended in the air or in a region in its
field we can then say that when we allow our head to be well balance in respect
to our neck and our back we have that the force (gravity) acting on either side
of the head will be equal thereby there will be a zero moment about the center
of gravity of the neck. And the resting of our back on a flat plain chair is
done so that we will not be able to slide off the seat either due to the static
load of the head or slant orientation of the chair, and this will be properly
employed if the center of gravity of the neck is aligned with that of the back
so that there will not be any form of moment to counter any of the aligned
arrangement.
WHY WE NOD
When we
sleep we tend to gain and lose consciousness of our body, this gain lose
process usually occur for some time, the gain usually last for about 2-5 secs
and is very much dependent on the mind and on the person and the amount of
effort put into countering or terminating the sleep or the staggering effect
that is associated with it. But the loss usually last for about 1-3 secs and is
also very dependent on the state of the person or the orientation of his body
{like sitting, standing etc.} so the timing can be longer or shorter. So that
the impulse that is sent back to the brain is affected by such actions and so
cause a very much staggering effect on the body. I.e. the head or body tend to
move to move to and fro with the middle as the neutral ground. When we lose
consciousness our body moves away from the neutral ground and when we gain it
back we swiftly return the body back to the neutral ground, and this leads to
that action occurring. the process that is involved when we nod during sleep
can't be quite explain and it's very easy to explain, at each phase when we
return the head back to its original position when our body gain consciousness
from our sleep for about some time that may be estimating to about some
seconds, this return is due to the stress
and pain that the back ward or forward movement has placed on the neck
or on the body in general by creating stress in various part of our body due to
the instability of the body. So in that case the impulse generated by the body
to the brain is strong enough to generate enough response to our senses so as
to activate our muscles to respond to counter the backward and forward
movement, but when in some cases the sleeper is in a state of very deep sleep,
the feedback impulse may not be able to generate enough stimulus to counter the
forward and backward movement of the head, and this continuous movement of the
head if not properly controlled or properly balanced may result in pains around
the neck or might even lead to the person falling due to the instability of the
balancing mechanism of the body. The staggering effect caused by the
instability of the body can be clearly and vividly seen by others and can tell
when someone is sleeping and also when the person is a state of deep sleep.
This process also occurs in a person when he moves in and out of consciousness
at a very fast pace, and the very cause of this is that the mind is not really
engaged on anything so it is very easy for the body to transcend to the state
of unconsciousness i.e. the mind engaged the subconscious where there are
activity to be done and thus sleep is initiated immediately, and this also
usually happens to a persons that is very tired, and the persons needs to sleep
and also might occurs due to the action of drugs taken and can also happen to a
persons that has not had enough sleep when supposed to. So when we see
ourselves staggering we should check the very cause of this and find the
necessary solution to it.
As stated
briefly before, that this stage is initiated also when the mind loses
concentration and does not work, so that a way of concealing this stage is
bringing our mind back to order and also by engaging in some activity to keep
our body and senses busy, this also can be very noticed when:
·
We are watching a very boring movie.
·
Listening to a very boring lecture, talk, and seminar. etc.
·
In a place where you are not interested in what is going on there.
·
And very much due to absent mindless and thinking about something
that is of a very fast deteriorating rate to your memory.
·
Or not engaging very efficiency in the activity that you are
doing.
Some
other way that we can snap out or escape from this is by some applying some
form of pain that can stimulate our senses back on, or a scare with vibration
and very sudden, or some other form of application that can work out for you. (Cont.
from next article…)
NARUTORAPHEAL
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