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During the humid rainy season, sleep troubles such as restlessness, difficulty falling asleep, and feeling like you haven't slept are common. Many people find it hard to fall asleep due to discomfort once they get into bed. It becomes common to wake up in the middle of the night due to an unpleasant sticky feeling, or to still feel tired even after waking up in the morning.
Furthermore, we hear reports of disrupted sleep cycles from people who stayed up until dawn watching sports or special TV programs.
As we head into the peak of summer, sleep discomfort will only increase. That's precisely why it's important to reconsider "good sleep" right now!
In modern society, brain fatigue is central. Does lack of physical fatigue reduce the quality of deep sleep?!
During this season, an ideal sleeping environment is said to be around 25°C and 50-60% humidity.
However, in reality, on tropical nights, the room temperature can rise to around 30 degrees Celsius, and humidity often exceeds 75%. In such indoor conditions, the humidity on your back, even with pajamas on, becomes even higher, causing heat to build up and create stuffiness, leading to restlessness and difficulty falling asleep.
Another problem is "lack of exercise." During the rainy season, it's hard to go outside and be active. Also, many people are more sedentary than they realize, disliking going outside in the summer heat. While the brain is working at full capacity all day from desk work, the body remains unfatigued. Although the brain feels "sleepy" and "tired," the lack of physical fatigue leads to difficulty falling asleep or shallow, poor-quality sleep.
To achieve good sleep, it's crucial to create a sleep environment that addresses humidity and temperature, and to engage in physical activity.
What happens if you leave it alone?
Decreased sleep quality can lead to fatigue, metabolic syndrome, and other illnesses!
You shouldn't underestimate sleep. The fundamentals of health are a balanced diet, moderate exercise, sufficient sleep duration, and good quality sleep. However, sleep is often undervalued. It's dangerous to dismiss difficulty falling asleep or poor sleep quality as unavoidable. It affects not only the body, such as feelings of fatigue, but also mental health.
Furthermore, poor quality sleep accelerates aging.
If you've tried various things but your sleep quality hasn't improved, it's a good idea to consult a sleep specialist, psychosomatic medicine doctor, or psychiatrist.
