The Importance of Sleep For Mental Health Recovery

How we sleep can have a significant effect on both our mental and physical health. In relation to depression and anxiety, our sleep quality can have a profound effect on our likelihood of recovery. If you do not currently suffer from a mental health condition, research shows that suffering from poor sleep increases your chances of suffering from depression or anxiety in the future. In fact, 40% of individuals reported suffering from sleep problems such as insomnia before they developed a depressive episode. If you currently suffer from depression or anxiety and also have insomnia or sleep apnoea, the chances of your benefiting from either psychological or pharmacological treatment are also much reduced. Furthermore, in a study in older adults it was shown that if you successfully recovered from depression but continue to suffer from insomnia, you had a 90% chance of relapsing in the next year (compared to 30% in people with good sleep).

These statistics highlight the importance of good sleep to enhance your mental wellbeing. It is extremely important that you give sleep the respect it deserves and makes it a priority in your life. If you engage in poor bedtime habits you are less likely to experience good sleep.

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