Genti
Albania
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Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
Just like eating healthy and exercise, adequate sleep is an essential component for a health conscious life style. We are a sleep-deprived society and this is wrecking havoc on individual’s mental and physical health. Lack of sleep can be as dangerous to your health as smoking. Studies have shown that people who slept 7 to 8 hours a night lived significantly longer than those who didn’t.
Lack of sleep affects all areas of your life including: Emotional- you may be more frustrated, irritable, cranky and moody Social-you may be difficult to get along with, lack of desire to socialize ~Cognitive-impaired ability to learn, poor memory, decreased problem solving abilities ~Physical- productivity is impaired, fatigue, a compromised immune system which leaves you vulnerable to disease, infection, and colds etc. ~Safety-judgment may be impaired, your less aware and alert which can lead to accidents, hand eye coordination is impaired
Sleep also restores our physical and mental energy. The body repairs itself while we sleep. It detoxes and heals. Thus, for us individuals living with chronic illness or chronic pain, obtaining adequate sleep is vitally important. We need adequate sleep to help us cope with stress, to relieve pain and fatigue and keep symptoms to a minimum. Lack of sleep in the chronically ill often increases pain and fatigue and exacerbates whatever symptoms they may experience.
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