Sleep Hygiene & Mental Health

There are mamy misconceptions regarding sleep problems. Majority of the people deal with it In a poor manner. Some people may sleep for 8 9 hours but don't feel fresh, some may have interrupted sleep, some are nof able to sleep. There can be some physiological causes behind sleep disturbance but In a Clinical practice majority of the people who come with sleep disturbance have some mental health issues associated with it, with depression being the most common one.

People don't realize this and they see general practitioners solely for the problems of sleep and may take laxatives or sleeping pills to improve sleep without realizing that it can be so addictive. Sleep ddisturbance don't occur in isolation thier is definitely a hidden cause behind it, mostly mental illnesses.

How to improve sleep

1) maintain your sleeping routine

2) make your sleeping place comfortable

3) try to balance your screen time, if necessary use laptops and mobiles 3 hours before sleeping.

4) reduce use of coffee and tea

5) take out atleast 30 minutes for exercise.

6) don't take day time naps till your night sleep is improved.

7) don't just keep lying in bed if not asleep. Make yourself busy and once you feel sleepy then go toto bed.

All these steps are for the mild sleep disturbance, try them for atleast 1 or 1&half month if it does not work for ypu then see a psychiatrist or ajab psychologist becauae there are chances of any mental illness behind it.

Don't try to do treatment by your own, don't use seelping pills with out being prescribed by athe psychiatrist as they are aaddictive and can create further problems and lead to more harm.

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