Get some sleep
A study published in November of 2019 in the journal Nature Human Behavior reported that lack of sleep, or absence of deep sleep, caused increased anxiety the following day. In fact, anxiety increased by 30% in participants who had not slept well the prior night.
I’m pretty sure that we all intuit this, since a lack of sleep, or lack of good sleep (defined as having a period of deep sleep, not just REM sleep), tends to make us all edgy, and possibly cranky. Both our emotions and anxiety levels can be affected in negative ways by lack of good sleep.
What’s a girl to do? Well, you can pick up a copy of my recent e-book, 12 tips to help you sleep, which provides lots of options and ideas for you to get to sleep, or get back to sleep. It’s currently on sale for $10. Or you can hop back to this blog post I wrote, and then start swiping through the posts for more fulsome discussion of some sleep tips.
A lot of the topics we’ve covered already in discussing anxiety are also things that help you sleep: limiting caffeine and alcohol, meditating, exercising . . . they all help you sleep, as well as helping to lower anxiety. Of course, lack of sleep causes anxiety. And anxiety causes lack of sleep.
Anything that you can do to break this particular circle/cycle is a good thing.
So take the steps to help you reduce your anxiety, and you will see better sleep, which will help you lower your anxiety. AND take the steps to help you sleep better, and you will reduce your anxiety, which will help you to sleep better.
I have two e-books available. The first is 12 tips to help you sleep, which contains exactly what it says in a 30-page book. The second is Lower Your Anxiety, which is a 54-page book full of strategies, techniques, tips, and resources to help reduce feelings of anxiousness.
Get your copy while it’s on sale for 50% off.
