{"id":7264,"date":"2022-03-11T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corelifemd.com\/?p=7264"},"modified":"2022-09-06T09:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T13:13:28","slug":"sleep-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corelifemd.com\/dev\/sleep-and-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep and Your Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock, and finding out that you still have two hours left to sleep, stated by American Cartoonist Charles M. Shulz. Sleep may feel like a welcome break to the day, a refreshing recharge, an inconvenient use of time, or an ever-elusive need. Sleep can impact your mental health and your day in a big way. When you receive very little sleep, you may experience feeling run down, groggy, or irritable. When you are running low on sleep, you may notice difficulty with your ability to focus, trouble recalling from your memory, irritability, emotional volatility, and aggression. It is generally recommended that an average adult get 7-9 hours of sleep each night. That is about a third of our day!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Relationship Between Sleep and Mental Health<\/h3>\n

Sleep is essential but our experience with sleep may be more complicated than we would like to admit.\u00a0 Many of us feel busy and stressed, so we may think that taking away from our sleep time will give us more time to get things done. Others may desperately want to sleep but struggle to fall or stay asleep. This may be due to physical sensations in our body or thoughts that we just can\u2019t stop focusing on or other issues. Fortunately, there can be many ways to try and address difficulties with sleeping. One of the avenues that may help improve sleep is attending to your mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sleep disturbance is a symptom of several mental health disorders<\/h4>\n

Some common mental health disorders that impact sleep are:<\/span><\/p>\n