Research shows that people who are night owls suffer from more depression than those who naturally get up early in the morning. Harvard Medical School and MIT teams studied over 840,000 people to reach their conclusion. The teams remind people that if you stay up late or go to bed early is determined by your [...]
Changes in your sleep patterns can cause several mental health conditions. The opposite is also true. Changes in your mental health can lead to sleep problems. Insomnia and Depression Medical professionals define insomnia as problems getting to sleep or staying asleep. Studies show that people with insomnia are twice as likely [...]
Sleep disorders affect nearly 70 million Americans annually. While insomnia is the most common sleep disorder, there are others. If you are one of these individuals seeing a mental health worker can help. Insomnia Up to 50% of the adult population suffers from insomnia. While many think that insomnia is the inability to fall [...]
Some psychologists believe that your dreams are a window into your emotional well-being. Others suggest that it is very easy to take dream interpretation too far without seeing if they resound with the individual’s life. Some dreams tend to be recurring for many individuals. If you are one of those people, see if these [...]
Approximately 40% of Americans complain of insomnia. If you are one of them, taking sleeping pills may seem tempting. Before you do, understand that they can cause breathing problems in people with respiratory issues, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Others find that they experience numbness and tingling in their limbs, changes in [...]
For years, psychologists have understood that insomnia was one sign of depression. Now, researchers at Stanford and Duke universities and experts at the University of Pittsburgh are discovering that depression can cause insomnia. They theorize that the same chemical changes in the body can cause both conditions and that either one may occur first. [...]
Merriam-Webster defines Overthinking as “ To think too much about (something): to put too much time into thinking about or analyzing (something) in a way that is more harmful than helpful”. Most everyone can at times have overthinking episodes where unpleasant thoughts and memories play and replay themselves over and over. Oftentimes, this can happen when [...]
If you have thought of taking a break from social media, you are certainly not alone. What was originally intended to be a digital meeting place for friends and family members to share pictures and to easily communicate has evolved to include attention-grabbing news items, advertisements that bombard, political rants, the ability to scream at [...]
Are You Having Trouble Sleeping During Covid-19? You Are Not Alone. Most adults need between 7 and 9 hours of sleep each night to feel rested, energized, fight off infection and disease, and to function optimally the next day. But during COVID-19 and quarantine, many more people are having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. [...]
What Is Insomnia? Insomnia is any sleeping problem that makes you feel that your time spent sleeping is inadequate or unrefreshing. It includes the following: difficulty falling asleep, waking up too early, waking up intermittently in the middle of the night or having a normal sleep pattern that doesn’t leave you feeling rested. Insomnia [...]
