http://www.hypnotherapy-training.uncommon-knowledge.co.uk/poor-sleep-more-catastrophic-for-women/ Our hypnotherapy training: what's happening now Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:08:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://www.hypnotherapy-training.uncommon-knowledge.co.uk/poor-sleep-more-catastrophic-for-women/#comment-373 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:05:50 +0000 http://www.hypnotherapy-training.uncommon-knowledge.co.uk/poor-sleep-more-catastrophic-for-women/#comment-373 I agree with you about the correlation between sleep deprivation and depression, but think it might have the same affect on men as it does on women. A few years ago I was extremely busy with my career. I had three enormous projects which required extensive travel between time changes, irregular meeting times because of different time zones and trying to sleep in various hotels, on plans or in cabs between meetings. During this time of extreme stress I functioned extremely well but when the three projects completed almost simultaneously and I was finally home and in my own bed I found I could not sleep. Even though I had a normal schedule and a normal workload ( in contrast to the extreme overload of work) I suddenly felt at a loss, almost as if someone had died and started to experience anxiety over the quality of my work, my appearance and a number of other things. The more I contemplated my anxiety and nervousness, the less I slept. I could not stop thinking and then couldn't sleep at all. Finally I broke down and saw my physician about my feelings of depression and anxiety and the first thing she did was prescribe a sleep medication. I was skeptical and reluctant to take sleep medication but wanted to get better. I took a week off of work, got outside and exercised and within a day or two was able to sleep through the night. It was amazing that once I got my sleep patterns back under control I also got a grip on my thoughts and feelings. Continue the great work ! I agree with you about the correlation between sleep deprivation and depression, but think it might have the same affect on men as it does on women. A few years ago I was extremely busy with my career. I had three enormous projects which required extensive travel between time changes, irregular meeting times because of different time zones and trying to sleep in various hotels, on plans or in cabs between meetings. During this time of extreme stress I functioned extremely well but when the three projects completed almost simultaneously and I was finally home and in my own bed I found I could not sleep. Even though I had a normal schedule and a normal workload ( in contrast to the extreme overload of work) I suddenly felt at a loss, almost as if someone had died and started to experience anxiety over the quality of my work, my appearance and a number of other things. The more I contemplated my anxiety and nervousness, the less I slept. I could not stop thinking and then couldn’t sleep at all. Finally I broke down and saw my physician about my feelings of depression and anxiety and the first thing she did was prescribe a sleep medication. I was skeptical and reluctant to take sleep medication but wanted to get better. I took a week off of work, got outside and exercised and within a day or two was able to sleep through the night. It was amazing that once I got my sleep patterns back under control I also got a grip on my thoughts and feelings.
Continue the great work !

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