{"id":9361,"date":"2021-11-13T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vacayou.com\/magazine\/?p=9361"},"modified":"2024-11-21T11:46:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:46:21","slug":"high-quality-sleep-for-mental-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vacayou.com\/magazine\/high-quality-sleep-for-mental-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodnight and Sleep Tight: Your Guide to Mental Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did you know there’s actually quite a bit of truth to \u201cwaking up on the wrong side of the bed?\u201d A close connection between high-quality sleep and our mental and emotional health has demonstrated links to depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and other conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While research is ongoing to better understand the connections between mental health and sleep, current evidence shows a two-way relationship. Mental health disorders tend to make it harder to have high-quality sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, poor sleep\u2014including insomnia\u2014can be a contributing factor to mental health problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The connection and link between sleep and mood disorders such as depression and anxiety have been well-researched. And scientific investigators actually believe it is now possible that high-quality sleep could help reduce the severity of these conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We now know that sleep not only affects you physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially\u2014it also greatly affects you mentally. Besides being the \u201cuniversal health care provider,\u201d sleep is basically nutrition for your brain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleep is basically nutrition for your brain.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sleep impacts our resilience on a physical and psychological basis. According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF<\/a>), about 100 years ago, less than two percent of the population in the United States slept six hours or less a night. Today, 32.6 percent of working adults sleep six hours or less a night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s no coincidence that as society sleeps less and less, obesity, stress<\/a> and chronic illnesses become more prevalent. Sleep deprivation (less than six hours\/night) has been shown to affect our waistlines, hunger, stress tolerance, emotional reactivity and the activity in the brain where we have logical reasoning and judgment (prefrontal cortex).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High-Quality Sleep = Keystone Habit <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Getting high-quality sleep is similar to a solid foundation when building a house. When our sleep quality is good, sleep can be a keystone habit or rather a solid foundation to build other healthy habits.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleeping better can not only enhance physical, mental and emotional health, but it can also generate the energy and self-control necessary to achieve other health goals. Sleep sharpens thinking and memory, strengthens physical health, and boosts mood and emotional regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tired minds don’t plan well. Sleep first, plan later.<\/p>\nWalter Reisch, Austrian director and screenwriter<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

 Why should we care and prioritize sleep? Here are a few reasons: <\/p>\n\n\n\n