Tag: bad sleep and mental health
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Psychology Explains 12 Habits That Improve Your Mental Health
Mental health is just like any other skill in life – you have to practice to get better. Many people make the mistake of only tending to their mental health when they have a major problem. While many of us don’t even realize something is wrong until we’re experiencing symptoms, plenty of us know that…
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Researchers Explain 10 Causes Of Sleep Paralysis (And How to Prevent It)
If you have never experienced sleep paralysis, consider yourself very fortunate; the condition is one denoted by impaired breathing, an inability to move, and hallucinations. For many people, the experience is something akin to a disconnect between the brain and the body. To say this an unpleasant experience would be a gross understatement. This condition…
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Researchers Explain What Happens To Your Brain When You Wake Up In The Middle Of The Night
Sleep and the brain Before we delve any further, let’s consider this statistic: in 2013, 40 percent of Americans did not get the recommended amount of sleep per night (seven to eight hours.) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has labeled insufficient sleep a public health issue. Worse, inadequate sleep negatively impacts how…