Sleep and the lack of it.
After looking at stacks of ideas promising to assist individuals with their slumber issues I make the following available to you:
I have always took for granted that slumber was the time when the body resets and recuperates from the activities of the daytime. Even though there is still a lot to learn about why we sleep and what happens when we are sleeping, investigators have discovered the various phases of sleep. Most required in the long haul, but some more important than others.
Virtually everybody has gone through periods where it is hard to doze off. Exhilaration before bedtime, worrying about problems, spending the nighttime in unacquainted surroundings, physical uncomfortableness or even illness can intervene with typical sleep patterns. How much sleep an individual requires may vary from individual to individual, and the identical individual could need various amounts at various times. Youngsters need longer periods of solid sleep while the elderly appear to get along on a lot less. But too little sleep over too long a period, no matter what the persons age, leads to exhaustion and irritability.
But this is all rather distinct from chronic insomnia, where a person consistently has trouble falling asleep for no apparent reason. If despite all your common sense approaches, insomnia prevails, a physician should be conferred with about the advisability of having a tranquilliser or sleeping tablets. Barbiturates should not be taken unless prescribed by a doctor.
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An insomnia and anxiety related question?
I have insomnia, and some days it absolutely kills me, but other days I am very grateful for it.
This is because insomnia has been an enormous help in dealing with my anxiety issues…when I go a few days without sleeping everything feels like a dream and I am incapable of feeling anxious.
For this reason, I am reluctant to seek a cure. Yet there are times when I feel just so sick from lack of sleep, I think I MUST get help…what are the long-term results of insomnia like? How bad is insomnia for one’s over-all health? I once read that getting 4 or less hours of sleep each night can actually lengthen your life…could this be true?
You need to mentally train your mind to just stop thinking. Physically assert yourself during the day. Go for a jog or something. Read a lot. Get yourself really burnt out and tired. Both mentally and physically. You’ll naturally just fall asleep. You can do with less sleep during some days. You can make up for it by sleeping really late on a weekend or a day off though. Just try not to think about it. Sometimes when you’re in bed, it’s the best time to think. I’ve actually found my best place of thinking is the shower. Then I’m usually able to fall asleep right after that. There is only so much medication to do. Ultimately, you’re the one who controls your mind.
I highly doubt getting 4 hours or less sleep would lengthen your life unless it were applied allegorically to saying you’re up more hours of the day. Which even if that were true, it’d make the other hours you’re up less quality. The sleeping pills are good at keeping you asleep onc eoyu actually get there. But until you turn your thinking off enough until you sleep when it naturally goes on without you realizing it, it’s not going to be easy.
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I suffer from insomnia a lot of nights, but I’ve heard that not getting enough sleep can actually decrease your lifespan. I think they have found that people who are up all night (for work and such) live shorter lives than people who sleep at night. Though I’d be curious if there were contributing factors to that, since a lot of people I know who work/worked the graveyard shift (including myself at one point) smoked a lot and didn’t live particularly healthy lives otherwise.
I think people who get 6-7 hours of sleep as opposed to 8-9 were found to live longer lives, but not 4 hours. That’s not enough time for your body to recharge.
In closing, only you know if it’s a problem or not. I’d be careful with the sleeping meds though as I think they’re overprescribed and potentially deadly (and definitely habit-forming). Personally I just really have to work at getting my sleep and forcing myself up when I haven’t slept. Which only works some of the time.
Good luck~
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I used to be a chronic insomniac, still kind of am, but I’ve been getting better. What you need to do is find something relaxing to think about. Get your mind off the things that are keeping you awake and find a way to lower your stress levels/anxiety. Learn how to meditate, it helps, a lot. Visualization is another useful tool, and so is breathing exercises. Another thing, if you’re in bed for more than an hour and can’t sleep, get up and do something relaxing. Watch a funny program, light comedy or something, do a little bit of light stretching, have some milk or eat some turkey. And just let yourself lean back in the chair and let yourself relax and get groggy. Don’t use sleep aid medications, they are a short term relief only and can be harmful over time, so don’t get dependant on them. They are more harmful then useful. They are not good for the body.
As for the health, insomnia in general is not good for it, you gain weight more easily, you’re more grumpy and irritable, and it can raise your blood pressure. You aren’t as concious during the day and are more accident prone. It wreaks havoc with your immune system. And it can wreak havoc on your muscles and joints too given enough time. So be careful.
Lastly, if all else fails, do get help. See a doctor or a psychologist. One of them will be able to do something for you.
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