Sleep and biological rhythms

Humans cannot survive without sleep. All living beings that have a brain must sleep. The brain can only regenerate during sleep.

And what does sleep have to do with mood and inner drive?

While reading, I came across astonishing connections between biological rhythms and sleep on the one hand and mood and inner drive on the other. Among other things, I did not know,

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  • that all people are subject to biological rhythms that we cannot escape, so there are “larks” and “owls“.
  • if you live against your biorhythm, you risk illnesses, e.g. mood swings
  • So-called “owls” in particular, i.e. people whose chronotype is shifted backwards in time, often have problems in a world of larks, i.e. early risers
  • People with mood swings need a stable daily structure that applies every day of the week, including weekends. If this structure is disrupted, e.g. by shift work, this can trigger episodes.
  • Our modern living environment takes little account of these biological and temporal rhythms:
  • We get too little light during the day
  • we have too much light at night
  • we often eat at the wrong time in relation to our biorhythm
  • We take medication that disturbs the quality of our sleep
  • With the sleep hormone melatonin, some amino acids, the salt of inner peace and other vital substances, sleep can be supported without side effects

More about this in my book “Stability you can eat!?”