Life is never fair, never will .
There is no right or wrong, just human comparison .
Different people, different prospectives, different perspectives .
What the fuck use is of having everything in the world, without anyone to share it with ?
Sharing is caring .
Living a life without meaning is meaningless .
Why tint your glass when you have nothing to hide ?
Privacy, i hope .
Love is like a cough, both cannot be concealed .
A wild beast is unleashed on a hapless angel on bed .
What a way to describe it .
There's a reason why we met, tell me why .
There's also a reason why you left, but i don't want to know why .
I look at my contact list .
Your not there, but your still in my heart .
Is this happy or sad ?
The only one that stole my heart, broke it .
Fill in my blanks .
♥ is this my reflection? 6:38 PM
Today's topic is on several vitamins and sleep !
Lately, personally i've been having a little bit of sleepless nights, but i took flu tablets for the sake of drowsiness . It helps, but this can't go on forever, eh ?
Some general tips for good sleep:
1. Drink warm milk .
I have many sources that state different reasons on how warm milk helps .
Warm milk contains tryptophan that help you relax indirectly .
Warm milk contains calcium that works together with magnesium that also help you to relax .
Warm milk has a laxative effect that makes people sleepy/tired .
Warm milk reminds you of your baby-hood, when you can sleep soundly without any hassle .
Now, what about cold milk ?
Cold milk has little or no laxative effect .
Furthermore, you don't take cold milk when your an infant .. supposedly .
On top of that, cold milk can affect your digestion and ultimately your sleep if taken right before sleep .
2. Consume other food that contains calcium and magnesium .
These two vitamins are co-dependant on each other in aiding you to go to sleep, as it calms you down and helps you to relax .
Good sources of calcium:
Milk
Cheese
Mainly dairy products
Good sources of magnesium:
Nuts especially almonds and cashews .
Vegetables especially spinach .
Many types of beans, like white/black bean, soy bean . Red and green bean are out, i think .
Bananas
Use a 2:1 ratio for optimum results .
2 for calcium, 1 for magnesium .
Vitamin B [All types, i guess] also help you to relax .
Don't take a heavy dinner .
Consuming a light meal [supper] before sleep helps too .
3. The direction you face affects your sleep .
Not sure if this is true, but here's the explanation:
Everyone has magnetism in their bodies, head equates to north and feet equates to south .
You should face north so you go with the magnetic flow, thus promoting better sleep .
However i have contradicting sources that states that some dead corpses have their heads face north, they rot faster than usual . But we're not corpses, right .. ?
Not very reliable but worth a try .
4. Have a fixed routine .
Sleep at the same time, and get up at the same time . Even during weekends .
If you have a completely different sleep pattern during your weekends you'll have a high chance to have some trouble with sleep . Your biological clock takes time to adjust, so you know what to do .
5. Exercise .
Exercising helps you in many ways ! Helps you to relax, relieve tension, etc . Exercising in the morning is better for many reasons such as fresher air .
Don't exercise an hour before you sleep .
6. Make sure the environment is sleep-worthy .
Take note of lighting .
Take note of noises and temperature as well .
Make it comfortable .
7. Avoid alcohol, caffeine and such .
Alcohol is bad for the liver, and caffeine is bad for the heart .
But you might take caffeine because of coffee ..
Ah yes, try not to take caffeine in conjunction with milk, etc .
Caffeine somehow stops the calcium absorbtion .
Maybe it stops prorennin converting to rennin .
I don't want to write another essay that is a football field long because of this rennin thing .
8. If you can't sleep, don't force yourself .
Get up and do light activities like reading a book or listen to soothing music for half an hour and try to go back to sleep afterwards . Don't do over-stimulating things like action-gaming .
I find humanities excellent bedtime-story material .
9. Air ventilation .
Make sure the room isn't too stuffy !
10. Only sleep in your bed .
If you read books, do work, or dance on your bed then it's wrong .
It makes your brain think that the bed is also for fun and stuff like that, but if you cultivate a habit of only sleeping in your bed, and not doing other things on it, will enhance your sleep .
11. What's on your mind ?
Compile a list of your worries and troubles, and try to settle them .
Some things cannot be forced though . If so, get it over with .
12. STRETCH !
Stretching helps me to relax .. Might work for you too !
Stretching before sleep will improve your sleep quality as well, if so .
13. Change your sleeping position .
Just like sexual positions, if you don't like it, you change it so you can get more pleasure from it, stuff like that . Works the same for sleep too . The sleeping position you have right now might not be the best posture for you . Adopt a new one if so .
As you can see, relaxing yourself is a milestone to good sleep .
Last section for today's sleep topic:
Do you find yourself sleepy even after adequate sleep ? Adequate like between nine to twelve .
Don't over-sleep like 18 hours . It doesn't work .
So, you might be suffering from some sleep problems if so . Otherwise you might be sleeping the wrong way .
Are you sleeping with your head on the floor and your body on the bed ?
Do you sleep with your feet on your shoulders ?
If you answered yes to both these two questions your probably better off in the asylum .
Right . Now, are you waking up frequently during sleep ?
To the bathroom or just suddenly wake up all of a sudden ?
Drinking too much water or have been watching too much horror/gore shows ?
Is your diet normal ?
Are you a vegetarian or the like ? If so, you might lack several vitamins that promote good sleep .
Usually, when one sleeps there are several phases, i cannot recall them clearly but i'll try to recall .
There are about 4 phases, including the REM sleep phase .
First phase-First 15 minutes
Light sleep . Easily woken up .
Second phase-Next 15 minutes
Third phase-Next 30 minutes
REM-Next 30-45 minutes, maybe up to an hour
Then the process repeats .
The reason why it's called REM because you can easily detect the eye moving quickly under the eyelids when it starts . REM sleep is one of the most, or the most important part of sleeping . It's the time where the body is relaxed fully .
During REM, one's muscles are relaxed and doesn't really work, so when you are deep in a sleep and woke up from a nightmare, and you find yourself unable to move, it's common, because your muscles are like 'locked' during REM, so it'll take some time for your body to adjust back to normal .
Therefore, if your waking up every hour your missing out REM sleep .
There are more than meets the eye to this, but i'm not working as a medical consultant or such, so i'll rest my case .
Should you find these methods useful or useless, please comment .
Good night people !
♥ is this my reflection? 7:27 PM
Explains much .
So anyone has any idea ?
How to call someone who speaks cryptically .
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You enjoy a calm environment . You are easy-going and original, and will try anything once .
Gentle, relaxed, and self-assured, you are capable of being everyone's friend.
You have an eye for the aesthetic and you work well with others .
Although outwardly appearing self-possessed, you are constantly reappraising your own situation .
The latter is true .
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Today we will discuss about tearing .
First off, crying is neither about right nor wrong .
It is a natural way to let off your emotions .
What happens when you hold back your tears ?
When you hold back your tears, your throat hurts, and maybe your eyes sting a little .
That's because the eyes and throat are somehow connected, and muscles in your throat contracts as a muscle reflex . I don't know why, but it is what it is .
And holding back tears is not good .
Let me explain a little more in-depth about tears .
Recent studies [Last year i think] have shown that, in happy tears the tears contain just brine, salt water and nothing much of a big deal .
However in sad tears .. Sad tears contain the very same chemicals and enzymes that are found in tumors, ulcers and other such lumps and bumps and sicknesses through out the body .
This test concluded that the body, when crying in sadness etc is literally flushing out all of the toxic-chemicals that accumulate and are a part of the sadness/heartache experience .
So if you hold back those sad tears, it means that you are keeping the bad chemicals in your body . So don't hold them back .
Unless .. you are in a public place .
Here are some methods of holding your tears back ..
1. Pain .
Bite your tongue or whatsoever . Don't make it bleed, however .
I find this method useless, but it has proved to be useful for some .
2. Drink water .
It's hard to drink and cry at the same time because the throat muscles work together with the action of tearing . Keep your throat occupied, but don't over-drink .
3. Think about other things .
Place your mind somewhere happier, lighter . You get what i mean .
4. Keep calm .
This is very important . Keep calm, and take long/deep breaths .
I've learned somewhere from a forgotten source, when some men hold back their load, it is important to breathe, to keep yourself calm, so you won't lose control . Works the same way as tearing .
5. Physically walk away from the situation, if appropriate .
Walk away from the event [eg. funeral] into the washroom or such .
6. Look up .
Look up . Simple . If you look down tears are more prone to drip .
7. Grin .
Show your biggest grin/smile and it'll squeeze your facial muscles to reduce the puffiness and redness . Somehow .
And, the way men and women tear is different .
Men cry quietly and their eyes brim neatly with some tears .
Women make crying noises as lots of tears stream down their cheeks .
The reason for the difference is simple -
Men's tear glands are structurally smaller than women's.
Tearing is one good reason why men tend to die earlier, because they hold their emotions too much .
Bibliography/Source: http://hypnocruise.com/tears.aspx
So, don't hold back .
Just let them all out .
Invisible tears are the hardest to wipe .
Humans are really selfish creatures .
Whenever you have the first look at your class photo etc, you almost always look for yourself first . Isn't it ?
Reality hurts like a knife !
♥ is this my reflection? 1:32 PM