Overtiredness, sleep experts agree, is down to our always-on existence. In the past, says Ramlakhan, the author of The Little Book of Sleep, our days had naturally built-in downtime that gave us short snatches of rest. Today, that has disappeared for many of us.
专家认为,过度劳累是由于我们总是保持清醒所致。《睡觉这件小事》(The Little Book of Sleep)一书的作者拉姆拉罕说道,过去,我们日出而作日落而息,但现在,很多人却做不到这一点。
"We have become restless as a society - and that places more demands on us when we get into bed at night," she says. "We have lost the rituals and practices that gave us little respites during the day. In the past, you would go to the supermarket and, while you were waiting in the queue, you'd daydream, be a bit bored, look around. Now, any window like that will be filled by looking at your phone, answering some emails, sorting out your Amazon account."
"作为社会的一份子,我们变得难以入睡--夜晚当我们上床睡觉时,社会对我们提出了更多要求,"她说道。"我们遗失了白天短暂休息的仪式和习惯。过去,在超市排队结账的时候,你可能会做会儿白日梦,可能会有点无聊的环顾四周。但现在,任何一个结算窗口的队列里都是玩着手机、回复邮件、清理亚马逊账号的客人。"
You may think you are putting the time to good use - but that's not how your brain interprets it. There's a complex neurophysiology that requires breaks in tasks and concentration; if it's constantly bombarded, the brain becomes overloaded. The result, says Ramlakhan, is that it goes into what we might call survival mode: it assumes that something bad is about to happen, it ups the adrenaline and it puts out an urgent call for sugary snacks to provide quick-release energy.
【睡不着?也许是因为你太累了】相关文章:
最新
2019-01-07
2019-01-07
2019-01-07
2019-01-07
2019-01-07
2019-01-05