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ANXIETYPeople suffering from anxiety disorder are subject to intense, prolonged feelings of fright and distress for no obvious reason. The condition turns their life into a continuous journey of unease and fear and can interfere with their relationships with family, friends and colleagues Anxiety-disorders are illnesses. They can be diagnosed; they can be treated. New study shows fear or distress can cause long-term insomnia. The two health problems can reinforce each other, with insomnia causing increased fear as your distress increases, your brain becomes more active, making it even more difficult to sleep. Major life stresses, such as death, illness, divorce, or money problems can influence your sleep rhythm found by researchers. This may last up to six months after the stressful event. Furthermore, people who are anxious by their nature are more likely to suffer from trouble sleeping. The study, published recently, nearly 18,000 men and women followed for five years. Researchers measured the participants' distress levels at the start of the study, and stressful events, such as death, divorce, and violence, were tracked throughout the study. The conclusion was that people who were more likely to become anxious and those who experienced stressful life events were both more likely to suffer from lack of sleep. Man who had fear-anxiety at the beginning and who went through a stressful event, was three times as likely to have trouble sleeping as men who started out calm. It is recommended that adults get an average of seven to eight hours of sleep each night for optimum health.
People with chronic insomnia are more likely to develop fear, distress or depression than people without insomnia.
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