What is Insomnia?
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The core component of Insomnia Disorder is either sleep that is not restful or not enough sleep. These people suffer with difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early in the morning. Lack of energy and midday sleepiness are the most common results of insomnia. Daytime napping worsens the situation and makes it even harder to fall asleep at night. Lost sleep causes irritability, poor moods, and sometimes symptoms of depression and anxiety. At work and at school, people will notice that their thinking is slowed and their minds feel foggy.
People become frustrated with their sleep problems. They lie awake in bed worrying about being tired the next day, repeatedly checking the clock, and excessively focused on trying to sleep. They imagine the worst possible outcomes about the insomnia and excessively focus on those. People have performance anxiety about their sleep and their ability to remedy the problems with their sleep. This anxiety and these behaviors aggravate the situation and create a cycle of worry that makes the insomnia worse.