Link Between Sleep Problems And Mental Health?

There is often a very close relationship between

sleep

problems

and our

mental

health

and, as a family doctor, I want to share with you two key things that I tell my patients. The first is that lifestyle factors are key. The way you live your life,

health

y habits can affect your

sleep

. Today's video is more about the second thing which is our

mental

health and people who have mental health

problems

can have worse sleep and this video will help you identify if any of those things could be happening; It can often be a cycle. you're stressed and depressed, so you'll have a hard time falling asleep that night, the next morning you'll feel absolutely exhausted, you'll be tired, that means you'll have a hard time doing your daily activities, which probably makes most people get frustrated and the cycle continues because if you're frustrated you're probably going to be stressed again, you're probably going to be depressed again, so if that sounds familiar, let's look at some of the key mental health things that can affect your sleep, First is stress and I've been there myself, you come home after a long shift, you're still thinking, did I get that x-ray card?

Did you have the CT scan? Done, did I get those blood tests right? You know, all those types of thoughts could be going through your mind and I often think that stress is one of the key things to consider when we're having trouble sleeping. I also see him as one of them. one of those things where sometimes people say well, I'm not that stressed, you know, yeah, you know this kind of work and it's just a little bit of stress, it's almost like holding a cup is a cliché that gets to you if you're holding a cup for five minutes seems fine, but if you hold this cup for a good 10 hours, I guarantee my arms are going to hurt.

I'll be there in about 45 minutes. I believe i do it. being depressed what I mean is that stress can be harmful to your body for a long time and we know it is, so it's the same thing, it can affect your sleep, it can affect your mental health, stress is one of the things key thing I talk about when people have sleep problems when it comes to anxiety, people often have repetitive thoughts and they can be worrying thoughts that keep them awake, so if someone thinks too much about their health or the health of your loved one, that could be health anxiety if someone worries too much about what's going to happen tomorrow and they're anxious about every step that's going to happen tomorrow, that could be general anxiety, so it's important to identify this, but also people they may have things like panic attacks and that could be a precursor and that could also indicate anxiety, so if their heart rate increases, if they're breathing hard, if they're having trouble catching their breath and they're sitting up in the middle of the night, All of this can indicate panic and anxiety disorders.

Wood cooling can occur in any direction. Therefore, some people may sleep too much or their sleep pattern is broken, so they sleep for many hours during the day and have difficulty falling asleep at night, or their sleep may be completely interrupted during the night or become wake up early in the morning with depression. It's a little more complicated, but again the sleep cycle is disturbed, there may be too little sleep or too much sleep with something like PTSD, that call could be disturbed due to flashbacks, night terrors or the person may have difficulty sleeping. fall asleep, there may also be interruptions. in sleep due to waking up and that is one of the things that we don't talk much about sometimes if people go to sleep at ten at night and wake up at seven in the morning, think well, that is sleeping a good amount, but in reality, if you wake up several times in the middle of the night, that can really affect your sleep cycle and simply means that you are not refreshed when you wake up when it comes to paranoia or psychosis, people can often be paranoid that something may happen to them or they may be seeing or hearing things that are often very scary because it is real to them, which can often disrupt their sleep, break their sleep cycle and they may feel breathless the next morning and sleep problems.

If you continue to have bipolar disorder, there can be two phases: the depressive phase will have sleep problems that are very similar to someone who is depressed, but there is also this manic phase where the person feels euphoric, has high levels of energy and wants to do many things and often. Sleep is the last thing on the list of things they want to do at this stage. People often neglect sleep for many days in a row and feel absolutely exhausted, in addition to the mental health problems we talk about, and also the mental health medications that certain medications can provide.

Your nightmares cause sleep disturbances or insomnia and people have noticed that when they are coming off their medications, their sleep can go a little crazy, so talk to your doctor if that happens. The key to take home today is if you are sleeping. problems, it's always important to look up to make sure there aren't things like mental health issues that are causing them, and if there are, seek help from health professionals to help you resolve them. Next week's video is actually about lifestyle factors and healthy habits that you could use to get better sleep if you can't wait until next week.

I just made the blog post it will be based on, so that will be all the information you need. I'll leave it in the comments. Below the question I have for you this week is: do you think mental health issues cause sleep problems or do you think it's vice versa? I want to reflect for you. I have been Dr. Khalid and as always they have been wonderful. great day