Heinous Sleep Quality
Missing a night or two of decent sleep is not uncommon, especially in today’s world. Losing night after night of sleep, however, could be the symptom of a more troubling issue. Throughout the day, cortisol, the stress hormone, fluctuates within the body. At nighttime, cortisol drops off, allowing your body to rest, recharge, and restore itself. Should you attempt to go to sleep while swimming in cortisol, you are going to have a difficult time.
Stress will prompt your body to go into fight-or-flight mode, dumping adrenal hormones into the bloodstream to increase your alertness and tension. Relaxation is switched off until the threat clears. So, when you are experiencing one stressful moment after the next, your body has no time to rid itself of the cortisol and adrenaline, making sleep elusive.
If you feel like you are struggling with stress and sleep, you may need to introduce some relaxation techniques into your life. Being relaxed will definitely help you wind down and go to sleep. Try deep breathing, meditation, light stretching, massage, and aromatherapy to make your bedroom a sanctuary for sleep.
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