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People with depression and insomnia: after solving these 3 wrong ideas, they can fall asleep

People with depression and insomnia

By JENNIFER LUNDYPublished 5 years ago 4 min read

Insomnia is a stubborn problem that is widespread among modern people, and it is also the most troublesome problem for many people with depression.

When I was depressed, insomnia was also the biggest headache for me and my family, especially during the severe depression stage, I almost never slept. There are many symptoms, such as fatigue, dizziness, dark complexion, hair loss, etc. The doctor will say that they are all caused by insomnia. Is it actually? We will talk about it later.

Let's first look at what causes insomnia? Insomnia For most people with depression, it is because they cannot control negative things in their hearts. Every time they think about it, the pain is magnified. The pain is magnified, and the uncontrollable need to think about it. , Causing excitement in the mind and unable to sleep. This is not a patent for people with depression, because when they are too happy, they can't fall asleep. Therefore, the key problem of insomnia is the problem of excitement.

People with depression and insomnia: after solving these 3 wrong ideas, they can fall asleep

How to solve the problem of sleep time excitement?

We are most familiar with the solutions of western medicine. Simple and rude, it is said that it is a sleeping pill. In fact, the sleep under the action of this drug is similar to coma. Otherwise, how can you explain that sleeping pills can be fatal? Isn't it called a sleeping pill? Then you should learn to eat, the more you feel at ease and the more comfortable you sleep. Therefore, it is just a name to be called a sleeping pill.

The characteristic of the human body is that if a problem is solved forcibly with the help of external force for a long time. The function itself will strike. So after taking sleeping pills for a long time, I can't fall asleep again without taking sleeping pills.

People with depression and insomnia: after solving these 3 wrong ideas, they can fall asleep

Chinese medicine is relatively gentle, and it uses the way of regulating qi and blood to solve it. Deficiency of qi and blood or lack of effort can indeed cause insomnia. Insomnia, from the physical symptom, can also bring about a deficiency of qi and blood or lack of effort. That's right, but why the effect is not good?

The key problem is that this problem is a psychological problem. Regulating Qi and blood will not make you unhappy with negative emotions. Even if it can be better, it is far less than the restlessness, tension, and anxiety that a small event can bring to you.

People with depression and insomnia: after solving these 3 wrong ideas, they can fall asleep

If you want to solve it from the heart, you must correct three concepts:

Does poor sleep cause other symptoms?

For people with depression, insomnia is not the cause, but a result, a symptom caused by inner psychological problems. Since insomnia will definitely strengthen other symptoms, other symptoms will also strengthen insomnia. To solve this problem, I must adjust my heart. After my depression got better, all the symptoms including insomnia disappeared naturally.

People with depression and insomnia: after solving these 3 wrong ideas, they can fall asleep

Is sleep for sleep, or for energy after sleep?

The most typical coma-like sleep of taking sleeping pills will not make you feel refreshed after you sleep. Some are just a little psychological comfort.

Really good sleep is that when you sleep for a short time, you wake up full of energy. I am particularly touched by this. Before I had depression, I was especially able to sleep. I can sleep for more than ten hours when I'm fine, but I still feel sleepy and lack energy.

People with depression and insomnia: after solving these 3 wrong ideas, they can fall asleep

Of course, when you are in depression, you can't fall asleep. Not only can you fall asleep, but you can fall asleep for a while, but it is very shallow and shallow, and you wake up after a while. When I wake up at three or four o'clock, I can't sleep anymore.

Now that my depression is better, I don’t sleep much due to my busy schedule. I get more sleep at 10 o'clock in the evening and usually get up before 5 o'clock. But when I got up, I was very energetic, and there was another change. In the past, the most drowsy time was in the morning, but now I have the quickest thinking when I wake up in the morning.

So, sleep is for the purpose of waking up to be energetic, this must be clear.

People with depression and insomnia: after solving these 3 wrong ideas, they can fall asleep

Don't force yourself to sleep if you can't sleep!

The more people are unable to fall asleep, the more anxious they are, the more they force themselves to sleep. As a result, the more they are forced to sleep, the more they cannot fall asleep. This is the use of negative emotions to counter negative emotions. The result is greater negative emotions and even more sleeplessness.

Therefore, if you can't sleep, just accept it, try to relax and feel comfortable. Empty yourself as much as possible, don't think so much. Sleeping is like this, the moment you really relax, you fall asleep. When you wake up halfway, don't be irritable and don't worry. Accept it calmly and relax. If you wake up early and can't sleep, don't sleep, get up and read a book, maybe it will make you sleep better the next night.

People with depression and insomnia: after solving these 3 wrong ideas, they can fall asleep

The way to completely solve depression and insomnia is to change the heart, change the wrong ideas and thinking patterns that lead to depression, and completely get rid of depression. After the depression is over, not only sleep is stable, stable, and sleepy. There will also be a good habit of getting to bed early and getting up early.

I hope that all friends who are troubled by depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, phobia, mania and other mental and mental problems can get out of hardship as soon as possible and get a healthy, happy and happy life!

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