Dr. Guy Leschziner

So there is a line to be trodden balancing your sleep

It is important to stress that we all within our brains have a clock. We have a circadian rhythm. There's a part of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus that regulates our circadian rhythms throughout our bodies. It's also important to understand that sleep, as I said, is not a continuous state. So people are constantly having brief awakenings or having very, very light sleep.

It is important to stress that we all within our brains have a clock. We have a circadian rhythm. There's a part of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus that regulates our circadian rhythms throughout our bodies. It's also important to understand that sleep, as I said, is not a continuous state. So people are constantly having brief awakenings or having very, very light sleep.

It is important to stress that we all within our brains have a clock. We have a circadian rhythm. There's a part of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus that regulates our circadian rhythms throughout our bodies. It's also important to understand that sleep, as I said, is not a continuous state. So people are constantly having brief awakenings or having very, very light sleep.

And so it's quite possible that there are some circuits within the brain that maintain a degree of awareness or a degree of consciousness. In fact, that's what we think is happening during lucid dreaming, which is when people have an awareness of the fact that they're in a dream and can actually sometimes exert conscious control over their dream.

And so it's quite possible that there are some circuits within the brain that maintain a degree of awareness or a degree of consciousness. In fact, that's what we think is happening during lucid dreaming, which is when people have an awareness of the fact that they're in a dream and can actually sometimes exert conscious control over their dream.

And so it's quite possible that there are some circuits within the brain that maintain a degree of awareness or a degree of consciousness. In fact, that's what we think is happening during lucid dreaming, which is when people have an awareness of the fact that they're in a dream and can actually sometimes exert conscious control over their dream.

These are networks that are responsible for consciousness that are firing during our dreaming sleep and they probably fire in different stages of sleep as well. So, you know, to think of the brain as being switched off during sleep is quite incorrect.

These are networks that are responsible for consciousness that are firing during our dreaming sleep and they probably fire in different stages of sleep as well. So, you know, to think of the brain as being switched off during sleep is quite incorrect.

These are networks that are responsible for consciousness that are firing during our dreaming sleep and they probably fire in different stages of sleep as well. So, you know, to think of the brain as being switched off during sleep is quite incorrect.

The answer to that is mixed. The difficulty that I have with sleep trackers is that, first of all, they sometimes engender a degree of obsessionality about sleep. But also people may be drawing very wrong conclusions about the nature of their sleep in that we know that sleep trackers do have issues in terms of their accuracy. They're good at telling us how long we spend in bed.

The answer to that is mixed. The difficulty that I have with sleep trackers is that, first of all, they sometimes engender a degree of obsessionality about sleep. But also people may be drawing very wrong conclusions about the nature of their sleep in that we know that sleep trackers do have issues in terms of their accuracy. They're good at telling us how long we spend in bed.

The answer to that is mixed. The difficulty that I have with sleep trackers is that, first of all, they sometimes engender a degree of obsessionality about sleep. But also people may be drawing very wrong conclusions about the nature of their sleep in that we know that sleep trackers do have issues in terms of their accuracy. They're good at telling us how long we spend in bed.

They're okay at telling us how much sleep we get, but they're not very good at telling us what stages of sleep we're in. And people often become quite obsessed about the fact that they're not getting as much deep sleep as they feel they should or that their sleep tracker shows that they're waking up multiple times a night. And that can actually drive the insomnia and can make things worse.

They're okay at telling us how much sleep we get, but they're not very good at telling us what stages of sleep we're in. And people often become quite obsessed about the fact that they're not getting as much deep sleep as they feel they should or that their sleep tracker shows that they're waking up multiple times a night. And that can actually drive the insomnia and can make things worse.

They're okay at telling us how much sleep we get, but they're not very good at telling us what stages of sleep we're in. And people often become quite obsessed about the fact that they're not getting as much deep sleep as they feel they should or that their sleep tracker shows that they're waking up multiple times a night. And that can actually drive the insomnia and can make things worse.

And actually, when you talk to people with significant insomnia, they will often say, you know, when I'm sitting on the sofa watching television or listening to music or reading a book, I will doze off. And once I get into bed, I find it incredibly difficult. So it's when they're not thinking about the process of going to sleep, when they're not in bed thinking about sleep.

And actually, when you talk to people with significant insomnia, they will often say, you know, when I'm sitting on the sofa watching television or listening to music or reading a book, I will doze off. And once I get into bed, I find it incredibly difficult. So it's when they're not thinking about the process of going to sleep, when they're not in bed thinking about sleep.

And actually, when you talk to people with significant insomnia, they will often say, you know, when I'm sitting on the sofa watching television or listening to music or reading a book, I will doze off. And once I get into bed, I find it incredibly difficult. So it's when they're not thinking about the process of going to sleep, when they're not in bed thinking about sleep.

that they're actually far more able to fall asleep.