I once met a woman who'd been in therapy.. and it seemed like the big thing she'd learned was to ignore everything she thought in the first hour of the day. That's when the negative stuff will try to bring you down, she said, and she was right about that but not much else. You come back from the night with your head and your soul empty, and bad things try to fill you up. There's a lot to get exercised about, if you let it. But if you've got a task, something to fill your head and move your limbs, by the time you've finished it the day has begun ands you're onto the next thing. You're over the hump, like I said. . Michael Marshall Smith
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We all have a right to a good night's sleep, but what most people don't understand is that sleep is a process that doesn't have a start or an end. According to psychologist David Dinges, when you lie down to sleep your body goes through many different stages. In the first two hours, the brain and the rest of your body slow down and enter a deep state called sleep inertia. In this stage, you are still able to be woken up from the deepest stage of sleep when you are disturbed.

Then, after two hours, the body wakes up and you enter into light sleep and then rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. During REM, your brain begins the process of dreaming and we all know how vivid and exciting dreams can be. Once REM is complete, you wake up.

If you had a bad night of sleep due to stress or lack of necessary rest before bedtime, it's important to get plenty of rest during the day to make up for it.

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