Insomnia: The impact of Stress on Sleep

by William W. Work Hard To Achieve the Goal

We spend more than a third of our lives sleeping, not without difficulty sometimes. In fact, more than 20 million French people suffer from poor sleep. In a large number of cases, insomnia is linked to psychological causes, of which stress is one. How does stress affect our sleep? How to end insomnia? Antoine Demonceaux, homeopathic doctor, gives us his opinion.

Summary
The impact of stress on sleep
Sleep disorders: a vicious circle
Tips for treating stress-related sleep disorders
Insomnia, sleep disorders: what to avoid
Homeopathy to treat sleep disorders
A therapy to fight against sleep disorders

Stress and Insomnia

Many people complain of sleep disorders . And often stress is the root cause of these problems . Insomnia which, in the long term, can have repercussions on health. How to fight them? We take stock with Antoine Demonceaux, homeopathic doctor in Reims.

The impact of stress on sleep
We can distinguish two types of stress . First of all , positive stress , an energy catalyst, which has an impact on “individual performance” and makes progress, essentially linked to adrenaline. In excess, it causes nervousness and therefore sleep disturbances. Concretely, this is manifested by problems of falling asleep by hyper ideation, that is to say an intellectual excitement manifested by an incessant production of more or less incoherent ideas, or by waking up in the middle of the night with re- difficult falling asleep.

The negative stress , in turn, linked to anxiety, frozen muscles http://rehabcure.org/physiotherapy/physiotherapists/frozen-shoulder-treatment/ can cause difficulty falling asleep with rumination problems.

In addition, an Italian study 1 conducted on a group of 6 astronauts also demonstrated that the level of stress that one can undergo during the day has direct effects on sleep. Researchers have discovered " unprecedented and absolutely unexpected correlations between quality of sleep and level of stress. That stress affects the quality and quantity of sleep has been known for a long time, but that the Sleep Slow Oscillation (SSO), main wave of slow wave sleep (restful sleep), represents a specific target of the stress hormone (cortisol), it is a completely new fact ”, specify the authors of the research.

This hormone, produced by the adrenal gland, is used to regulate the cardiovascular system, metabolism and the immune system. If short-term cortisol exposure prepares the body for the fight or flight response, prolonged exposure increases the risk of health problems like heart disease, weight gain, and depression.

CHILD STRESS AND SLEEP DISTURBANCES
Poor quality sleep may explain how stress disturbs children and affects their health, according to a new study2, the results of which were published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. Sleeping well at night can reduce the impact of stress on cortisol levels in children. For the purposes of their work, the research team recruited 220 children aged 8 to 18 years. The children and their parents also answered questions about stress, sleep patterns and bedtime routines. Researchers have found that regardless of how long young people spend sleeping, poor sleep quality accentuates the negative effects of stress on their cortisol levels.

Sleep disorders: a vicious circle
Rather than insomnia , it is better to speak of sleep disorders: falling asleep, waking up at night or waking up in the morning or sometimes low back pain http://rehabcure.org/physiotherapy/physiotherapists/lower-back-pain-treatment/ depending on the phases in which they appear.

Anxious morning awakening is frequently linked to a depressive state .

Generally speaking, if stress causes poor sleep, poor sleep increases emotional sensitivity and anxiety . We are facing a vicious circle. To get out of it, learning to manage stress during the day is the most important. Unfortunately, this is not always easy.