Do you go to bed each night and have a peaceful nights uninterrupted sleep or do you struggle for hours to get to sleep?
It doesn't matter how tired you are? You still find it hard to get to sleep and it can be so frustrating to lie awake for hours, anxiously watching the clock? Or maybe you drop off to sleep and then wake in the night and find that you have difficulty going back to sleep - this is called Insomnia and is a very common sleep problem.
Insomnia will eventually take its toll on the body, affecting your energy, mood, and ability to function during the day. Chronic insomnia can even contribute to health problems.
Insomnia is relatively common; affecting more woman than men except when we age then it is generally equal between the sexes. Insomnia is the inability to get the amount of sleep you need to wake up feeling rested and refreshed. Different people need different amounts of sleep, insomnia is defined by the quality of your sleep and how you feel after sleeping, not the number of hours you sleep; also the problem which creates the insomnia differs from person to person.
Signs of insomnia
There are many factors, which can cause Insomnia; it could be something as simple as drinking too much caffeine during the day or a more complex issue like an underlying medical condition or feeling overloaded with responsibilities causing anxiety and depression. The phase could be acute (just a few days) or chronic (failure to get an entire nights sleep over a one-month period).
Below is a list of possible causes:
Sleep is the time the body can undergo repair and detoxification. We know that we need sleep. We know that during sleep our body's cells repair themselves, growth hormones are released, our minds processes information, and we re-energize. We have to sleep because it is essential to maintaining normal levels of cognitive skills such as speech, memory, innovative and flexible thinking. In other words, sleep plays a significant role in brain development.
Sleep deprivation not only has a major impact on cognitive functioning but also on emotional and physical health such as high blood pressure and an increase risk of obesity. Research suggests that appetite-regulating hormones are affected by sleep and that sleep deprivation could lead to weight gain. In two studies, people who slept five hours or less per night had higher levels of ghrelin - a hormone that stimulates hunger - and lower levels of the appetite-suppressing hormone leptin than those who slept eight hours per night. So make sure getting adequate sleep is your number one priority if you are gaining weight!
Tips to improve your Sleep pattern
Once you find the cause of your insomnia then you can make changes to improve the quality of your sleep.
Start getting a good night's sleep now and improve your quality of life.
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