Grief Keeping You Down?

When inability to sleep keeps you down


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Are you're struggling to sleep, having broken sleep or waking up too early and unrested?

Inability to sleep experienced by people who are grieving can be due to the loss of someone or something dear.

While grieving you think about what has gone on in the past or worry about what the future holds. This can cause anxiety or deep sadness.

While your brain is working very hard to get you a solution, you're not thinking clearly because  you're not engaging the thinking part of your brain while in that stressful moment.

Ways to improve this include:

  1. Preparing the sleeping environment
  2. This can include clearing the room where you sleep and if you might struggle with this, ask for some helps from a family member or a friend

    Switching off devices- TV, phones, tablets

    1. Writing in a worry journal
    2. Monitoring your drinks- caffeine containing drinks such as coffee, tea, alcohol intake and water
    3. Seek your medical professional’s help- you might benefit from some intervention.
    4. Extra: other things people have found useful is the use of apps like Calm sleep stories.

      Hope you find this useful.

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      Grief Keeping You Down?By Druwa Academy