Practices like mindfulness can help us combat stress-related insomnia, however, it is necessary to respond to this problem before it becomes chronic and other associated conditions arise.
Stress insomnia is a recurring companion. The difficulty of sleeping well is conditioned by the activity of an overactive mind, by thoughts that do not silence, that perch on the pillow, forcing us to go around, making it impossible for our right to rest.
- Then.
- After those sleepless nights.
- Something worse happens: a darkness of absolute exhaustion.
- Insomnia is far from a deadly disease.
- But it robs us of quality of life.
Nor can we ignore the fact that the insomniac brain models a mind that is unable to focus attention, retain new information, and react as effectively to simpler stimuli.
All this builds a vicious circle, in which lack of rest ends up feeding stress and in which, little by little, you can move from a transient insomnia to a chronic sleep disorder.
Far beyond what we can think of, we don’t face a minor problem. Lack of restful sleep is the cause of many traffic accidents, for example. It is known that the Chernobyl nuclear accident (1986) was the result of human error caused by workers’ lack of rest.
At the same time, we cannot ignore that stress insomnia maintained over time leads to social, physical and cognitive decline that can lead to depression.
We’ll look at more information about this below
“Insomnia is not a good counselor. The only thing that allows you to see clearly are the consequences of lack of sleep, and does this evidence deny thoughts and feelings?-Carlos Monsiv-is-
A study published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine? And performed by Dr. Charles M. Morin and Sylvie Rodrigue demonstrated something most of us can intuitively. We all face stress every day.
However, some of these events sometimes become more important than us, there are several that we do not support and that beat us.
Thus, when the brain interprets that it has no control over many of these things that happen, it suffers from hyperventilation, the smaller problems take on immeasurable dimensions and everything becomes a threat.
Gradually, we enter a state where thoughts acquire an unhealthy weight, as do those that appear at night, in this space of time where they devour us with their anxieties, fears and pressures.
On the contrary, people with adequate coping skills can endure stress much better, thus avoiding the frustration of disturbing thoughts at night.
Stress insomnia is not related to any organic disease. This is the first differential factor that we must highlight in order to relate it to stress states, let’s see what signs can give us a clue about this condition:
On the other hand, stress insomnia can be transient (if it lasts between 2 days and 2 weeks) or become primary chronic insomnia if it lasts longer than three weeks, in these latter cases we will begin to experience the following symptoms:
From the first month, the person may begin to experience dysphoria, apathy, vulnerability, etc. As we have already said, and as some studies show, such as that conducted in 2008 by the University of North Texas, chronic insomnia can, in many cases, lead to depression.
Experts on the subject, such as Dr. Daniel J. Taylor of the University of San Antonio, Texas, point out in an interesting article published in the International Review of Psychiatry that most people use drugs before psychological therapy to treat insomnia.
If the problem trigger is not treated, in this case stress, there is a high risk of developing a psychological disorder, so among the most effective therapies to treat stress insomnia can certainly mention cognitive behavioral.
On the other hand, simple strategies are also very useful that we can incorporate into our routines, as well as in our night rest area:
Also seek the help of a specialist if your stress insomnia lasts more than two weeks. An overactivated mind, worried and driven by negatively charged thoughts steals many hours of sleep and also steals quality of life.