Men Vs Women: Research including the one from Loughborough University’s Sleep Research Centre concludes that, on average, women need about 20 minutes more sleep than men. This is because of their brain given the innate architecture of their brains. The best part is that women’s brains are instinctively built for multitasking and intricate decision-making processes, thereby depleting cognitive resources throughout the day. This leads to their usual heightened mental fatigue, which causes the demand for an extension in sleep to be restored for a proper recuperation process.
Generally, apart from the activity of the brain, hormonal outbursts significantly link with sleep problems with women. Women can undergo several hormonal phases from the menstrual cycle, pregnancy to menopause in their entire lifetime, which can disrupt sleeping patterns. Sometimes, women experience low hormones during menstruation, which might bring forth restlessness or insomnia cases. Physical changes and emotional shifts accompany pregnancy making women wake up almost every night. Menopause is also known to cause hot flashes and night sweats, leading to disturbed sleep further in life.
It also means that women would not have enough time to experience deep, restorative sleep, making them wake up tired and anxious during the day. It is recommended that the time spent in total sleep is increased while also implementing a more regularised sleep schedule.
Sleep is healthier emotionally and physically for women, who joggle work, family, and friends. In general, they have certain extra mental load.
Longer and deeper sleep helps with all processes required for overall wellbeing: brain detoxification, hormones regulation, and emotional processing.
Follow a consistent sleeping schedule
Decrease screen time usage right before bedtime
Help set up a dark cool sleep environment
Also Read: How Just Three Nights of Poor Sleep Can Affect Your Heart Health
Manage stress through mindfulness or yoga
Track hormonal patterns and adjust sleep according to their variation.
Knowing the biological and psychological factors why women sleep more will help in dispelling some of these myths as well as developing healthier sleep habits. Sleep is not indeed an extravagant delicacy-it’s just simply biological need, and in particular. Women need all the recharge time with it.
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