An important factor leading to insomnia -- emotional tension

It is easy to cause insomnia under the condition of emotional tension, which we should all have profound experience, and scientific research has confirmed that the relationship between emotional tension and insomnia is quite close.

Since tension can lead to insomnia, how can we overcome the influence of tension on sleep? At the same time, how to improve sleep and relieve tension?

Mental health network experts explained that the sleep process includes non rapid eye movement and rapid eye movement, while the night sleep period can be divided into four stages, the first and second stages are shallow sleep, the third and fourth stages are deep sleep (the brain and body are in a complete rest state, which is the main sleep stage to eliminate body fatigue).

Two sleep periods of different states alternate to form a basic sleep cycle. However, according to many studies since the 1970s, mental stress can shorten the time for people to enter deep sleep, interrupt their dreams and hinder their sleep. Other studies have found that since people have sleep problems, they have experienced more stressful lives than before, leading to long-term insomnia.

The main reason for this is that the appearance of sleep process depends on some nerve centers of the brain to predict the occurrence of cerebral cortex failure. With the aggravation of failure, people will feel sleepy. If the mental tension continues, the brain nerves will not be able to complete this process, and it is more difficult for the brain cortex cells to enter the inhibition state. Therefore, it is difficult for people in tension to feel sleepy and finally fall asleep.

In addition to the mental tension caused by external factors will cause insomnia, the tension caused by excessive resistance to insomnia will also induce a new round of insomnia or further reduce the original sleep quality.

Therefore, the key measures for prevention and control of insomnia caused by emotional tension are to calm down, open up and open up.

The brain has limited reserve space. It's not suitable to put all the unhappiness in mind, such as emotions, worries, life, work, etc., and find a suitable way to vent them. It's also the best way to improve sleep to find the right person to talk about it, unload the psychological burden, and maintain a happy and relaxed mood.