KDTime: Get Your Comfy On
Episode 59 What’s important about blankets? By using a blanket it helps us to deal with our lower nightly core body temperatures. It also increases the serotonin and melatonin levels in our brain which helps relax us and fall asleep. Are you a hot sleeper? At some points while sleeping you feel too warm. Did you know that even if you are a hot sleeper you should still sleep with a blanket? Sleep experts and scientists have said that it has been ingrained in us practically since birth that most of us associate blankets with comfort, relaxation, bedtime, and sleeping. Do you find that you fall asleep faster when you are covered compared to being uncovered? If you are like me and you need something covering you in order to fall asleep you are in good company. Registered nurse Terry Cralle says sleeping while covered is in our brains from infancy, and therefore, it serves as a cue that it is time to sleep. Okay here’s some facts. That familiar feeling of being “tucked in” there’s also...