Following a regular bedtime routine and doing what you can to ensure good quality rest will help calm and restore your body. A good night’s sleep may also improve your mood, listening, eyesight, concentration and decision making.1
A good night’s sleep could help put a fresh perspective on things and you may even come up with a solution you hadn’t thought of before!
Every day we face challenges with relationships, work, family, finances and more.
Learning to deal positively with worry and stress can make all the difference between tossing and turning or a restful sleep that leaves you alert the next morning and ready to solve the problems that have been worrying you.
Of course there are also times when stress reaches a whole other level; the loss of a loved one or a job, moving houses or trying to cope with change.
If you've ever been through something significantly stressful, you know it can be difficult to switch off and get a healthy night's sleep while your mind is fixated on a particular burden. In fact, most people have experienced symptoms of insomnia at some point in their lives, and at any given time around 10% of people have at least mild insomnia.2
Anyone who’s endured this battlefield of the mind will know that stress can influence sleep – but it's a vicious cycle, with the quality and quantity of your sleep also affecting how you manage stress in all of its forms.