30 Days to Better Sleep: Address Underlying Mood Disorders Including Anxiety and Depression

Sleep walks hand in hand with mood. Anyone who has tried to go to bed upset knows that time is spent tossing and turning instead of sleeping. It is good advice to not go to bed angry, but what about other negative feelings? Mood problems such as anxiety and depression can severely affect sleep. Consider how addressing these psychiatric conditions may help you to sleep better. In order to sleep, we have to ensure that certain conditions are meant. It is a rich tapestry with the integration of distinctive elements. Some of these are physical; we have to have been awake long enough to feel sleepy, for instance. Some of these are behavioral; we have to go to a place where we will be comfortable to sleep, typically our bedroom. Other conditions imperative to sleep depend on our thoughts or moods, sometimes referred to as the cognitive element of sleep. Interplay exists between all of these factors, and mood is particularly powerful. If we are in a state of stress, we are unlikely to fall asleep easily. This is protective. If we have witnessed something that we find emotionally distressing, the resulting anxiety provokes us to stay awake to ensure our personal safety. Once the anxiety fades without further being incited, our state of arousal remits and we can rest. Psychiatric problems that lead to persistent disturbances in our moods, such as anxiety or depressive disorders, can also lead to chronic difficulties sleeping. In fact, these disorders can change the very structure of...
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