Are You Getting Enough Sleep by Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed.

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Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

By Cynthia Perkins

Just like eating healthy and exercise, adequate sleep is an

essential component for a health conscious life style. We

are a sleep-deprived society and this is wrecking havoc on

individual’s mental and physical health. Lack of sleep can

be as dangerous to your health as smoking. Studies have

shown that people who slept 7 to 8 hours a night lived

significantly longer than those who didn’t.

Lack of sleep affects all areas of your life including:

~Emotional- you may be more frustrated, irritable, cranky

and moody

~Social-you may be difficult to get along with, lack of

desire to socialize

~Cognitive-impaired ability to learn, poor memory, decreased

problem solving abilities

~Physical- productivity is impaired, fatigue, a compromised

immune system which leaves you vulnerable to disease,

infection, and colds etc.

~Safety-judgment may be impaired, your less aware and alert

which can lead to accidents, hand eye coordination is

impaired

Sleep also restores our physical and mental energy. The body

repairs itself while we sleep. It detoxes and heals. Thus,

for us individuals living with chronic illness or chronic

pain, obtaining adequate sleep is vitally important. We need

adequate sleep to help us cope with stress, to relieve pain

and fatigue and keep symptoms to a minimum. Lack of sleep in

the chronically ill often increases pain and fatigue and

exacerbates whatever symptoms they may experience.

Experts used to recommend seven to eight hours of sleep, but

it is now believed the average adult needs an average of

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BIO:

Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed. is a holistic health counselor
specializing in issues of living with chronic illness,
chronic pain and disability as well as sexual intimacy. She
is also author of the inspirational E-Book “Finding Life
Fulfillment when Living with Chronic Illness-A Spiritual
Journey”. Services, Ebooks and a FREE Newsletter can be
found at her website. http://www.holistichelp.net/

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