Sleep and Depression
by Karl Perera
This article is about:
- Lack of sleep and
depression
- How depression can cause insomnia
- REM sleep and its effects on you
- Sleep better and recover from
your depression
I have suffered from depression and disturbed sleep
so I can speak about it first hand. Do you have depression?
Check the symptoms of depression here.
What is the connection between sleep
and depression?
If you don't get enough sleep you will feel more tired and
this makes you susceptible to depression. If you are already depressed
then lack of sleep may worsen your depression. You must cure any sleep
problem you have if you want to combat your depression.
You suffer from depression - do you also suffer from insomnia?
Disturbed sleep results from thinking about your problems
too much. Have you ever been tired but unable to stop thinking? Your fears and worries,
can keep you awake. Insomnia happens because your
brain waves need to slow down but thinking speeds them up stopping sleep.
Too much brooding and thinking?
If you dwell on problems too much during the day you may
feel tired and stressed even after you sleep.
Tiredness and stress cause and maintain depression. Read about
stress and depression here.
By constantly thinking about your problems you can make them
worse not better. When you are depressed you need to rest and heal. By
making your brain work harder you make yourself less able to handle your
problems effectively, your anxiety
increases and your depression deepens.
How can dreams affect depression?
Constant brooding fuels your dreams. Too much
dreaming makes you feel tired when you wake up. To fight depression you
need to rest well at night.
How does REM sleep affect your depression?
REM - rapid eye movement - happens when you dream. If you have too much
REM sleep or dream too much you will awake in the morning tired or even
exhausted.
Your brain processes the thoughts you have
had during the day in your dreams as images representing those
thoughts. Reduce the thinking you do during the day and you will reduce
REM sleep to a normal level.
Too much REM sleep means less relaxing deep sleep. This type of sleep
helps to refresh you and keep you healthy so it is the most important
part of your sleep routine. Depression is worsened when you are tired.
Why you need to cure your insomnia before you can cure your
depression
When you are tired life is difficult and joyless. Insomnia
strengthens your fear of lack of control. If you can't sleep well you
begin to feel less in control of your life.
Depression feeds insomnia and vice-versa.
First cure your insomnia and you will feel better in mind and body making recovery possible.
Want to know how to cure your insomnia and ease your depression?
I was recently suffering from insomnia. I couldn't sleep properly at
all. As this continued I started to
feel depressed and tired constantly. I downloaded an ebook called "Natural Sleep Secrets".
I read it from cover to cover.
In a week or two after reading "Natural Sleep Secrets"
everything changed!
Now I sleep much better
and understand what went wrong. I
won't pretend that the book offers a miracle cure but it will explain
how you can start sleeping better and end insomnia
naturally. No pills are needed just get this
enlightening book, read it and practise what you learn.
Get the Natural Sleep Secrets Ebook now! I have used it and
guarantee it will help you get a good night's sleep again and again.
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