Essays on Sleep

The biological basis for sleep is replenishment and it is essential to our minds and our body. Without getting the amount of sleep our bodies need it begins to affect us mentally. Sleep deprivation can affect normal motor functions, weight and eventually shorten your lifespan. While you sleep your brain goes through stages called rapid…

Did you ever awaken and find yourself unable to move? Perhaps you sensed a presence in your room or a pressure on your chest. This is sleep paralysis. It is a common disorder that affects millions of people. Most believe it occurs as we are on the edge of REM sleep. The disorder has been…

“According to the survey results, once a week roughly one-quarter of high school students fall asleep in class, 22% fall asleep doing homework and 14% are late to or miss school because of insufficient sleep. Are/were you one of these students? Do you know these students? Why are America’s teenagers not getting sufficient sleep, in…

The notion of dreams and the process of dreaming is one that intrigues society and does not fail to fully escape the grasp of understanding. It is such an ephemeral circumstance in which we find ourselves daily. And yet, fascination with the overwhelmingly unknown continues to probe our interests. In a manner, film overlaps into…

The novel “The Big Sleep” by Raymond Chandler was published in 1939 during the heart of the Great Depression. The novel is written in a very sinister, dark and kind of a gangster tone and carries much of the cynicism of 1930s America. The Big Sleep is a story of intrigue, corruption, delinquency and obliquity…

Yoga, which derives its name from the word yoke – to bring together- does Just that, bringing together the mind, body and spirit. Yoga is a great way to work on flexibility and strength, and is possible for anyone to use, however, it does require time and commitment. At any level of yoga, benefits will…

Q1. Do you agree with Gordon Gekko that “Greed is Good”? Why or why not? “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge,…

The movie Sleeping with the Enemy seems like a perfect movie for a family violence class. The movie illustrated many of the emotions and situations that are consistent with family or domestic violence. Many people think that family violence only occurs among poor, troubled families that have many problems and stress. This is not always…

When, Why, and Theories of Sleep and Dreams Everything, even plants sleeps. Whether it’s a cat, dog, fish or human, it sleeps. Any living thing sleeps at one time or another. We sleep for many reasons and theories. What goes on inside of our head while we sleep is considered dreaming. Why a person dreams…

Washington Irving was a well-respected author of his time. He had written many works, and most were under his pen name: Diedrich Knickerbocker. Two of Irving’s, or Knickerbocker’s most famous works were that of Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Both of these works have similarities as well as differences between them…