WORKING PEOPLE HAVING SLEEP PROBLEM
The truth behind how important a good sleep is not being realized by many. Even though lots of people think sleeping well is important but many are not giving it a priority. Good Sleep is important for everyone and it helps to rejuvenate your body. Getting adequate sleeping helps to ensure mental well-being. Good sleep is having deep sleep for average of 8 hours of sleep. However, there are people having sleeping difficulty at night such as hard to fall asleep or wake up several times at night.
Good sleep would keep someone in good shape of physical and mental health. Usually, people may feel refreshed after 6 or 7 hours of sleep. Lack of sleep may trigger frequent headaches, difficulty in concentrating on particular subject, easily get irritated, daytime fatigue, waking up too early, waking up throughout the night or taking several hours to fall asleep.
Sleep problem may be due to sleeping habits, lifestyle and medical conditions. There are a number of signs of sleeping difficulty such as inability to focus during the day, frequent headaches, . People may also experience low energy during the day or have noticeably dark circles under your eyes. Apart of sleeping disorder for many people good sleep is affected by stress, worry or depression. Watch the video of The Father of Sleep Medicine - Dr. Christian Guillerminault
According to a survey by American Sleep Association, 50 to 70 million American adults have a sleep disorder. This number might be gradually increasing due work -life stress and other emotionally affected disorders. Another study shows that on average an American sleep 6.8 hours per day. The sleep time had reduced from 7.9 hours (1942). Shockingly, 43% of employed American adults get less than 6 hours of sleep. Surprisingly, 45% Americans claim that poor sleep has made an impact on their daily life at least once in the last 7 days. The impact of poor sleeping time would result in the work performance or efficiency in managing work-life stress.
In a study conducted by Amlife International (2018) found that average Malaysians sleep only 6.3 hours every day and 9 in 10 people suffer from one or more sleep problems. There two high percentage sleeping problems Malaysians do face - 46% waking in the middle of the night and 32 feeling tired and unrest in the morning. On the reason of sleeping problems, 52% responded that they are facing stress, anxiety and depression however, 34% stated that they have unhealthy lifestyle and sleep habits. The effects from the sleep problem ranging from headache, fatigue, trouble in thinking and concentration, shoulder and neck pain and mood swings. Many people do face problems due in work efficiency as they might feel lethargic during working hours. More people might be facing sleep problem nowadays, as we are going through lockdown due to pandemic Covid-19.
You might be shocked to know on what I’m going to reveal here. Findings show that 40% of Malaysians do not know the solution when faced with sleep disorders and 33% are not acknowledging the problem. Perhaps, they do not realize on the problems they are facing. Even though, 1 in 10 Malaysian is not aware that poor sleep could lead to health issues but 9 in 10 Malaysians are aware on this factor. Apparently, 47.2% are suffering from insomnia or chronic insomnia.
According to Dr. Laura Palagini, a psychiatrist from University of Pisa, Italy that quality sleep is one of the three pillars of good health along with a balanced diet and regular exercise. Suffering from sleep disorders, could impact health and can trigger psychological conditions like depression, anxiety and psychosis.
Failure in treating sleep problem would lead to chronic sleep problems. Ultimately, your quality of life will be affected. Possibly, sleep problem may also deprive your performance levels on the job as well as reducing the strength of your immune system.
Many people think and understand that sleep problem can generate other problems directly or indirectly. The research identified five problems which people think could emerge due to sleep problem such as health related problems, affects emotions and mental focus, develop mood swings, decrease in productivity and causes skin problems.
“Sleep is the best meditation.”
– Dalai Lama
Scientifically proven that emotions are controlled by the limbic system. It controls the behavioral and emotional responses. The limbic system is an interconnected structures situated deep within the brain. This system has four components which are hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala and limbic cortex. Mainly, hypothalamus is responsible for controlling emotional responses as well as sexual responses, release of hormone and modulating body temperature. Uncontrolled responses can cause anxiety and increases stress which makes people difficult to get quality sleep.
One particular neurotransmitter called GABA (Gamma aminobutyric acid) helps with feelings of anxiety, stress and fear. GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter as it functions to block or inhibit certain brain signals and reduces activity of the nervous system. Insufficient of GABA can cause difficulty to sleep. Insufficient amount of melatonin in the body can also make someone to face lacking in quality sleep. Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland in the brain which operates like a clock alarming you on the time to sleep.
There are three approaches to treat sleeping problems - life style change, sleeping aids and clinical treatment. Lifestyle change practically involve change of habits and other regular activities. However, seeking sleeping aids or supplements can help you to get quality sleep much better. Sleeping aids can regulate and supply the body with the proper substances (neurotransmitters) to help you to sleep better. Good quality sleeping supplements would ease your sleeping nightmares. It makes you to enjoy your sleeping time. Harmonium Sleep Support is available internationally as it helps people to harmonize the struggle of sleep battle. It makes your body much healthier and conditions the body in good mood.
Night Mood is supplement which could be consumed to help people to sleep better. It's developed using the liposomal technology and it's made of natural extracts. These extracts are from seven different countries - China, India, Japan, Tibet, Brazil, Eastern Europe and Mediterranean. Night Mood gives much faster relaxation effect which makes a person sleep well and overcome sleep problem. Night Mood contains Valerian Root Extract which reduces anxiety and stress. The extract from Indian jungle called Rosella Flower Extract regulates the blood pressure and improves mood to avoid mood swing. Magnesium is an important metal to produce more melatonin to avoid insomnia, in Night Mood the Pumpkin Seed Extract able to provide magnesium to produce more melatonin.
Hope this article would be helpful for many suffering from sleep problem. Find the solution to prevent from being more critical which could lead to health issue. Sleep happily to enjoy a good night.
Reference :
- href="https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/heal/2018/10/421370/infographic-malaysian-sleeping-habits" target="_blank">Malaysians Sleeping Problems Info graphic
- Newspaper Publication on Malaysian Sleeping Survey
- Webstore Selling Night Mood
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