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Click here to schedule online counseling at Thriveworks. Hello, my name is Ricky Thompson. I’m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with Thriveworks in Jacksonville, Florida. The question that was asked is, “How can I improve my sleep habits during the COVID-19 pandemic?” This is a great question because sleep is…
Click here to schedule online counseling at Thriveworks. Hi, my name is Emily Simonian and I’m a licensed clinician at Thriveworks in Washington DC. The question that was asked was, “Why am I having strange dreams during covid?” And that’s a great question because since the Coronavirus outbreak, I’m sure a lot…
Sleep is crucial to our health, yet many of us don’t get enough of it. The good news is you can finally get some rest by making four changes to your sleep routine. One, make an effort to exercise during the day. Physical activity improves the quality and quantity of…
Many Americans don’t get enough sleep, nor do they consume enough vitamins and minerals. A new study conducted by Pharmavite LLC, a dietary supplements company, says the two might be connected. Researchers analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). They saw that US adults who got…
Too much screen time can lead to sleep problems in teens. But reducing screen time and blue light exposure can resolve these problems within a week. Researchers from the Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience investigated the effects of screen time on adolescents and saw that teens who were exposed to screen…
Do you have trouble falling or staying asleep? Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience say your insomnia might stem from emotional distress. The team asked participants to relive shameful moments from their past, while receiving an MRI scan of their brain activity. Researchers found that good sleepers neutralized those…
The less sleep we get, the more negative we become. This, from a study at Karolinska Institute that analyzed 117 participants. Read: Back to Basics, Depression 101 Researchers sought to explore how sleep deprivation affects us emotionally: specifically, our mood and our ability to regulate emotions. The team found that…
Persons with untreated sleep apnea are prone to forget important details about their pasts. Researchers at RMIT University compared 44 adults with untreated sleep apnea to 44 healthy individuals. They assessed each participant’s recall of memories from different stages of life. Results showed that those with sleep apnea remembered significantly…
Sleep paralysis occurs when your brain is awake, but your body is still in a deeply relaxed state, causing one to feel briefly paralyzed. You typically only experience sleep paralysis for a few seconds or minutes; though it can be scary, this condition isn’t generally harmful or dangerous. While scientists…
Nobody’s too fond of nightmares or scary dreams, but the truth is that they do often serve an important purpose. There are different types of dreams, which are largely defined by their purpose and cause; the four main types include metaphorical dreams, warning dreams, physiology-based dreams, and night terrors. That…
Sleepwalking is a peculiar thing—but we’re not completely in the dark when it comes to this phenomenon. As it turns out, we sleepwalk when part of our brain is asleep and another part is awake; therefore, when we sleepwalk, we’re technically only half asleep. So, what causes our brain to…
When you travel across time zones, it’s normal to experience jet lag, which is caused by a disruption in your internal body clock. There are physical and psychological symptoms of jet lag, which include fatigue, trouble sleeping, dizziness, anxiety, and malaise. The duration of jet lag symptoms varies and is…