Are Sleep Disturbance and Anxiety Disorder Related?

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As we all know, sleep is very important as this is the time where our bodies can rest after a day filled with activity.  In fact, most adults require seven to eight hours of sleep in order to recharge their bodies and become ready for the next day.

However, recently, the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Helsinki, Finland conducted a study to find the connection between anxiety disorder and sleep problems.  In that study, about sixteen thousand, six hundred twenty seven men and women participated and it showed that those who have experienced a negative life event such as death in the family or an accident find it difficult to get some sleep as they feel so much anxiety and trauma from what they have experienced.  And this inability to sleep happens for a prolonged period of time that eventually creates a disturbance in a person’s life.

So, if you find yourself hard to sleep, examine the reason behind it and how it has affected the way you see and feel about yourself.  Check if the anxiety you are feeling is true or otherwise.  If you find out that it is something that you should not be worried about, then, you would surely be able to sleep properly.

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