Sleep: FINAL Post--Mental health and sleep disruption

Mental health and sleep disruption: Mentally ill people always have sleep disruption. Often, sleep deprivation precedes mental illness—neural networks that give normal sleep and normal mental health are linked. Sleep disruption could be a marker for potential mental illness.

 Link to Russell Foster’s TED Talk

Sleep: Post #9--Getting Sleep

Getting Sleep: Do you feel tired, do people say you look tired, need an alarm clock, need stimulants?? Best sleep comes when it’s cool, dark, quiet (like a cave). Don’t overstimulate before sleep, avoid caffeine, avoid harsh lights…wind down.

Sleep: Post #8--Tired Brain

A Tired Brain wants caffeine, drugs, nicotine, alcohol—a vicious cycle. Weight gain: if you get less than 5 hours of sleep, the body produces ghrelin—a hunger hormone—and you’re 50% more likely to be overweight. Sustained stress due to sleep loss can lead to cancer, diabetes, CV disease.