Tag: sleep awareness


PSEUDOINSOMNIA

A condition reported by a subject who thinks they are not sleeping properly, but who actually get a healthy amount of sleep. They may be suffering from a misperception of their total amount of sleep. PSEUDOINSOMNIA: “Jose’ reported suffering from insomnia, but got an average of 7 hours of sleep a night. He was suffering […]

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STAGE 1 SLEEP

Introduction to Stage 1 Sleep (N1) Stage 1 sleep, formally designated as N1 sleep in the standardized classification system developed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, represents the crucial and highly transient interface between full wakefulness and the deeper stages of sleep. It is the very beginning of the sleep cycle, marking the cessation […]

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