The term ‘insomnia’ does not refer to the night or two of poor sleep all have now and then, especially associated with stressful life events. Insomnia is a difficulty of at least one month’s duration involving problems initiating sleep, maintaining sleep, or early-morning awakening with inability to return to sleep. Insomnia can lead to significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, educational, academic, behavioral, or other important areas of functioning.
Getting enough quality sleep can help protect your mental health, physical health and quality of life. Without adequate sleep, your mood is affected, you can’t focus and you are unable to pay attention. In children and teens, sleep also helps support growth and development.
“Insufficient sleep is associated with increased emotional reactivity and emotional disturbance, which eventually leads to more serious mental health problems and mental disorders.”
In Malaysia, approximately 35 per cent of the general population suffers from insomnia symptoms and 12.2 per cent have chronic insomnia.
Symptoms of Insomnia may include:
· Difficulty falling asleep at night
· Waking up during the night
· Waking in the morning not feeling restored
· Daytime tiredness or sleepiness
· Irritability, depression or anxiety
· Difficulty paying attention, focusing on tasks or remembering
· Increased errors or accidents
· On-going worries about sleep
了解失眠症
很多人都有过失眠的体验吧，一闭上眼睛，眼前就会有很多的画面，又或者躺在床上却怎么也睡不着。如果长期如此，有可能是失眠症作祟。失眠不算病，但要是病起来，还真的不那么好对付。面对失眠症你了解有多少？
失眠症，简称失眠。是因为无法正常入睡，或者保持一定的睡眠时间，而导致睡眠不足。科学名词也称为入睡和维持睡眠障碍。引起这个症状的原因有很多，常见的原因有，环境原因、个体因素、躯体原因、神经精神疾病、情绪因素等。
失眠症的主要症状是对白天活动表现的影响，例如感觉疲劳、烦躁、情绪失调、注意力不集中和记忆力差等，所以失眠者的能力和效率往往降低。患者一般进入睡眠的潜伏期延长，睡眠时间缩短，在入睡过程中生理性觉醒增多。主要表现：轻者入睡困难，睡眠中易醒，并难于再次入睡；清晨过早醒来。重者彻夜难眠，常伴有头痛头晕、神疲乏力、心悸健忘、心神不安、多梦等，患者常对失眠感到焦虑和恐惧。
失眠症常见症状:
入睡困难
不能熟睡
早醒、醒后无法再入睡
睡过之后精力没有恢复
严重的话会引发易怒，忧郁或焦虑症状
长时间失眠可以使人产生的头晕眼花、精神不集中、头痛耳鸣、神经衰弱、情绪烦躁、心悸气短、记忆力下降、学习工作效率差
很多失眠的人喜欢胡思乱想，失眠症患者的烦恼要比一般人多，而且烦恼与失眠可以相互促进，形成恶性循环。很多失眠的人喜欢胡思乱想。