Sleep and Mental Health
It can be surprisingly difficult for us to accept that a major cause of much of our mental distress may be nothing so dramatic as a lack of sleep. Getting better requires us to take our need for sleep seriously.
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“Part of the reason why many of us have a tangled and unhelpful relationship to sleep can be traced back to the way we first learnt about the subject many years ago. Parents of small children tend to be very careful about bedtimes. They favour early nights, they give their babies plenty of naps throughout the day, they think a lot about black-out curtains, they are quick to diagnose many instances of bad temper as stemming from a background deficit of rest and while they may be indulgent in some areas, they are likely to be entirely implacable in any negotiation over routines: seven p.m. lights out, no ifs ands or buts…”
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"Do my friends hate me or do I just need to go to sleep?" – John Mulaney
Human existence is a cosmic joke😂
I often tell myself that tomorrow begins this evening and not tomorrow morning.
Btw Sleep is just death being shy.
Human existence IS a cosmic joke though. It's just one big laugh! One big reason to stop worrying!
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The moment Nietzsche quote came in, that took me back to 'Fight Club'
Lack of a full night un disturbed sleep definitely makes me a crappy Mum
Yeah sleep is all I need, maybe to sleep forever.
https://youtu.be/Scs5ktT1GZA 🤩🤩
God bless you guys 🙏
I've learned more about sleep than I have from any sleep health practitioner in less than 6 minutes. Psychologists & psychiatrists often project instead of listening. None of them were able to relay, or even know, what I know now from this video.
1. ASMR is one of the best discoveries I've made for relaxation. Gentle Whispering ASMR is highly recommended. With that being said, it requires discipline to not get sucked into social media, including YT, when accessing it for ASMR.
2. Yoga & meditation also helps. Yoga nidra meditations are great. I just find myself becoming too reliant on them sometimes, so I switch up which video I listen to or just do yoga.
3. Reading, journaling & drinking tea (valerian root knocks me out) is also part of my bedtime routine.
4. Keeping the phone as far away from my bed as possible.
5. These are all habits that can help, but I have to remind myself that structure isn't all-important. I rebel against myself. Sometimes looking into our background & figuring out the root of the problem helps more.
Before I go to sleep, I tell myself to remember my dreams. Our dreams tell us a lot about how we're interpreting our lives subconsciously. I journal first thing in the morning because a moment later, I'll forget what I dreamt. It may make sense to us alone why we dream what we dream. It's indicative of stressors, irrational thoughts, desires, happiness… Dreams are the beans.
Sleep is just deaths shy cousin
Not me watching this 3 hours before I have to get up 😔
7pm? Yikes
My favorite one … 😴
04:04 AM, hmmm…
That person never sleep
Wow my parents really did not let me sleep children hours I been sleeping 11Pm-7Am for decades
I’m watching this at 4 in the morning.
This was so cute 🙂 d’awh
Our collapsing ''civilization'' denigrates sleep, and dreams. 'Nuff said. I don't even change positions when I awake, until I've remembered as much of the details of my dreams as possible. All day long, I take joy in little replayed dream scenes that some happenstance causes me to recall. Lucid dreaming is a joyous path, I cultivate instinctively!
When you don't know what to do, go to sleep.
I think it's a quote from someone famous but not sure who
I have not slept in 3 days ffs!
May God heal those suffering from mental illness and to recover.Bless them on their meaning full relationships .As I've been blessed to a normal christian man , wishing all the best to a beautiful life 🙏🙏
Sleep is so important and so overlooked to treating many health issues.
"It hands Victory to the evangelists of sadness" very powerful phrase I'm stealing it!
I don't agree with a nap during the day. Night sleeping is key to rest and focusing on emotions and resilience. Day sleeping is not good for depression.