Insomnia

Hey everyone! 

Welcome back to a fresh new month! 

Today's post is a highly highly requested one by you guys so the wait is finally over!

Sleepless nights or sleeping through the day is something that quite a few of us have experienced in our lives. Whether it was because you were stressed or excited-who knows🤷🏻‍♀️ The reasons are endless.

However, once this starts becoming a daily habit without noticing, these are some signs that might point towards Insomnia.

Starting off, 

What exactly is "Insomnia"?

In technical terms,

 Insomnia is a sleep disorder in which you have trouble falling and/or staying asleep.

Self-explanatory through most of it but not completely. 

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder which could make it difficult to fall asleep, tough to stay asleep, or cause you to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep. You may still feel worn-out while you're awake. Insomnia can drain not only your strength and mood but simultaneously your health, work performance and quality of life. 

How can you recognize it?

On a holistic level, insomnia is assumed to be as a result of a state of hyperarousal that disrupts falling asleep or staying asleep. Hyperarousal may be both mental and physical, and it could be triggered through various occasions and fitness issues.

Although insomnia is the most common sleep complaint, it isn't always a single sleep disorder. It’s more accurate to consider insomnia as a symptom of every other hassle. The trouble inflicting the insomnia differs from person to person. It may be something as easy as consuming an excessive amount of caffeine at some point of the day or a more complex issue like an underlying medical situation or feeling overloaded with anxiety or responsibilities.

How can it affect your mental health?

Insomnia is often both a cause as well as an effect of an underlying mental health issue. It's not very noticeable in the first few days, but once it starts becoming a part of your routine and creating an unprecedented impact, that's where you might realize it becoming serious.

One could describe insomnia as a bi-directional relationship with a mental health disorder; meaning they are closely related.

For example, if someone suffers from anxiety(which is the leading cause of insomnia), they get into bed and ruminate and overthink, which makes it harder to fall asleep.

How can you treat it?

What I would 100% recommend is getting it clinically tested before doing anything else. You can try changing your sleep cycle or changing your lifestyle choices, but if it still continues, get it checked by a medical professional. 

I would highly recommend not to take any medications of any sorts unless it is prescribed by a doctor as it can lead to a number of issues.

For a lot of people(like me) taking afternoon naps even for a short period of time may lead you to staying up all night-that's okay. As long as you have it under control, i.e. you can get a good sleep when you don't take such naps, you're good to go.

That was it for today! Hope y'all enjoyed it as much as I did writing it :) Do drop off more suggestions and questions for the upcoming Q&A post in the comments below and don't forget to share and subscribe for more content, every Friday!!

Signing off,

Kuhu :)