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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…
A lucid dream is one in which the individual knows he or she is dreaming. According to sleep experts at Tuck.com, as many as 82% of people report having a lucid dream at least once in their lives. And while many wake up pretty quickly after making this strange realization,…
If you’ve ever flown across time zones, you’ve probably experienced jet lag—and you probably never want to experience it again. Here are 5 tips for preventing this temporary yet taxing sleep problem: One, move your bedtime. If you’re going east, start bumping your bedtime up. In the week leading up…
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…
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…
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) causes an individual to experience uncomfortable sensations in their legs, of which can typically be alleviated by movement. These sensations usually occur at night, when the individual is sitting or lying down and can have serious implications on their sleep quality. RLS is currently classified as…
Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder in which the individual’s breathing repeatedly stops and starts again while they sleep. There are a few different kinds of sleep apnea, of which are rooted in the cause of the breathing disruption: sometimes, the cause is the relaxation of muscles in the…
Dreams are fascinating—we love to pick them apart and dissect what they might mean in relation to our lives. That said, science says dreams are just the way our brains clean out recent events and make room for future events. So, while our dreams don’t function to make us aware…
Sleep is incredibly important, as the very foundation of our physical and mental health relies on it, and we can’t function properly without it. That said, many of us find getting enough sleep difficult; this is due to a range of issues from stress to an uncomfortable environment. Fortunately, we…
Fatigue can be described as a state of exhaustion, which often results from overworking yourself mentally or physically. Large amounts of stress and anxiety that aren’t properly handled, as well as feeling bored or stuck, can lead to your feeling fatigued. Fatigue can have some pretty harmful effects from reduced…