Living with anxiety, whether temporary or as a chronic disorder, is a daily and permanent challenge. Therefore, part of the process consists of working with mechanisms to deal with attacks and exercises to control anxiety. One way to break the negative chain is sleep. Anxiety causes trouble sleeping, and trouble sleeping ends up accentuating symptoms …
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Discovering ASMR, the viral Internet trend that helps a lot of people sleep
Unless you’ve lived the last few years under a rock or don’t use any social media, you have definitely come across some ASMR content. You may not be familiar with the expression itself, but you surely know what it represents. This sensory phenomenon started to become fashionable between 2015 and 2016 and has since turned …
Tips to fall asleep faster and stop rolling around in bed
Here’s some food for your thoughts: have you noticed that, in order to fall asleep, we need to pretend to be sleeping? It turns out that the time that passes between turning off the lights and actually falling asleep can start to get longer and longer. That is why so many people come to the …
Sleep apnea: what are its consequences?
Wikipedia defines sleep apnea as ‘a sleep disorder characterized by repetitive episodes of pauses in breathing or periods of shallow breathing during sleep’. It is one of the most common sleep disorders, second only to insomnia. According to the Brazilian Society of Pulmonology and Phthisiology, more than 30% of the population of the city of …
Know the best sleeping position
From time to time, an image with many sleeping positions, from the most common to the most bizarre, goes viral on Twitter. People will comment how they sleep. It’s an image like this one. But how about you? Which sleeping position is your favorite? And do you know which one is the best to ensure …