The Most Common Causes Of Sleeplessness
Name three reasons you miss sleep. Here’s a check list. Pick your faves: 1) too much to do, 2) got to bed late, 3) ate too much dinner, 4) awakened in the night thinking about work and couldn’t go back to sleep, 5) noises outside, 6) had to set the alarm early to prepare for something…Sound familiar?
Worry is one of the big reported causes of sleeplessness. Many people prefer to call it “thinking.” Worry falls into three time frames: 1) either people lie awake unable to fall asleep, 2) or they fall asleep but awaken in the night because of a noise or to take a bio break, then can’t resume sleep; or 3) they awaken too early in the morning and can’t fall back asleep. Less frequent is having two or three of these conditions (except under extreme stress). Typically, worry would not be characterized as a sleep disorder, but rather a sleep disruption.
Sleep disorders, per se