Stressed Sleeping

I hear more complaints about problems with sleeping from clients in a one week period now than I used to hear early in my career in a year’s time. Sleeping has almost become a dysfunction of sorts. Without proper rest, you can’t get the results you want from any exercise program. Your body repairs itself as you sleep. When you don’t get enough, you are setting yourself up for getting sick and memory issues, as your memories are stored at this time as well.

This article from Men’s Health has some good info. It seems they point to stress as today’s main culprit as a sleep robber. Jeffrey Thompson, director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research and creator of an audio sleeping aid called the Delta Sleep System says:

Our nervous system is built for a sprint, but we’re living in a stress marathon. If you go to bed worried you’re probably going to wake up in the middle of the night and when that happens, as you probably know, the next day is pretty much shot.

As mentioned, there are many other factors that can have a disruptive nature on your sleep cycle, for example caffeine intake, blood sugar highs/lows, and frequent urination. For my clients that do have sleep issues, before they seek the drug route, I try to establish a sleeping routine that helps to better prepare them for the habit of sleeping. I like to give this article “33 Secrets to a Good Night Sleep” and then work to decrease their overall life stressors. When I am able to help people to develop healthy practices around their sleeping, it isn’t long before they are sleeping like babies!

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