Signs of sleep disorders

Sleep disorders are all those problems related to sleep. They prevent you from enjoying proper, continuous and peaceful rest.

They are characterized by difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, problems staying awake, problems maintaining a regular sleep schedule, or unusual behavior during sleep.

Are they alterationsmaintained over time, can cause various disorders dreamemphasizes psychologist Haydee Rodríguez (@haydeerodriguezoficial).

The most common sleep disorders

Haydee Rodríguez, a psychologist at the Integra Panama Center, lists some of them:

– Insomnia: Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep.

– daytime sleepiness: Difficulty staying awake during the day, falling asleep at inappropriate times.

– Sleep rhythm problems: problems with maintaining a regular sleep schedule, due to the disorganization of the sleep-wake cycle.

– Parasomnias: abnormal behaviors during sleep (sleepwalking, confused awakening and nightmares).

– nocturnal bruxism: strong closing of the upper and lower jaw during sleep, generally associated with excessive stress.

sleep hygiene

It is about everything that can be practiced to help care for sleep quality and prevent imbalances in schedulesin quality rest, among others, says psychologist Maybell Del C. Aizpurúa (@psicologa.maybelldelc). The main thing is to have awareness about what opinions or routines are useful, and which harm sleep.

Aizpurúa offers some guidelines to consider and improve sleep hygiene.

Among them are limiting naps; respect the hours of sleep; avoid screens before bed; and limit the consumption of tea or coffee before bed.