Why lack of sleep can trigger depression?


Overcome the grief of losing by writingA number of studies in recent years reveals, insomnia is not going after someone experiencing depression. Instead, the insomnia is precisely going at the start, up to then trigger depression.

Alice Gregory, a Professor of Psychology at the University of London says, lack of sleep at night can make a person unable to control his emotions. He reveals how lack of sleep can eventually trigger a depression.

He said a study focusing on the amygdala, a brain area that is playing an important role associated emotions and anxiety level of a person.

In the study, they showed that lack of sleep when the amygdala response given the description of negative emotions than those who get enough sleep.

Parts of the brain that regulates the amygdala also looks weak. It means that when lack of sleep, they are less able to control his emotions. Alice is also doing research to see the genetic relationship between depression and insomnia.

People are insomnia will also be more susceptible to depression. In addition, insomnia and depression are also equally lowers the immune system and cause inflammation in the body.

In doing so, improve the quality of sleep is believed to be able to prevent, or perhaps even treat depression. Researchers found, when insomnia can be overcome, anxiety and depression symptoms ever reduced.

Current research is still continued to see if fix the problem less sleep also help treat other mental health problems.

Then, start the one regulating the hours of sleep and wake up with regular. Make a habit of sleep as a healthy lifestyle.
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