...to sleep well until that weird incident happened on that night. VIII. I told her to close her eyes and try her best to sleep because both of us had class in the next morning, so it was too late to be still widely awake. IX. That incident had inspired me to read further about the sleep disorder that is characterized by difficulty falling or staying asleep, which is called as insomnia. X. After reading a lot of articles on the internet, I found out that this problem was actually being suffered by large number of people around the world. XI. As you are listening to me, I know that not everybody suffers from insomnia but still, there is a time when you cannot really close your eyes and you wonder what is stopping you from getting your nice and comfortable sleep. XII. Therefore, I dare to say that you are actually experiencing the same problem of those who are suffering from insomnia. XIII. Insomnia, which is due to various causes and includes a variety of symptoms, can be reduced or eliminated in a number of ways. XIV. In this lovely morning, I would talk about three ways on how you can overcome insomnia which are by using relaxation...
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...I. Insomnia is a very common sleeping disorder. It is the difficulty initiating sleep and the inability to maintain sleep. It can be short-term or chronic. Short-term insomnia usually last for a couple days, a month, or even as long as six months. Long-term or chronic insomnia typically last longer than six months. a. Short-term insomnia can be caused from being stress out. Whether it is stress about work or home being stress contributes a lot to insomnia. Any traumatic even that may happen in your life can also cause you to have a sleeping disorder. What makes insomnia escalate from short-term to chronic is simply the amount of time you have the disorder. Insomnia. (2014). b. Signs and symptoms for insomnia can also include awakening too early,...
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...Many people do not understand the dangers of stress. Stress can cause psychosomatic disorders, and psychosomatic disorders develop anxiety, depression, and alopecia areata. Research has shown that therapy is the best way to treat psychosomatic disorders. Anxiety is a severe condition caused by stress, it is also a constant fear of one’s worries, and responsibilities. Work, school, and social interactions overwhelm a person who suffers from anxiety. In addition to feeling overwhelmed, one also experiences panic attacks, constant tension, and insomnia. Research has proven that cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify what causes one’s anxiety and how to overcome it. The National Institute of Mental Health (2016) stated, “Cognitive behavioral...
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...Another symptom of PTSD is insomnia. With insomnia, Lady Macbeth starts to reenact the murders while she is sleeping. She acts out a scene where she is washing off the blood on her hands. Lady Macbeth says, “Wash your hand, put on your nightgown; look not so pale. I tell you yet again, Banquo’s buried; he cannot come out on’s grave” stating that Macbeth and herself needs to wash their hands, and act natural (Shakespeare, Macbeth, 5.1.2184-2186). Lady Macbeth’s insomnia continues throughout the play, and seems to become worse as the play goes on. “If she had been brutal enough to act without stimulus of wine the sleep-walking scene would have been impossible” (“Lady Macbeth”). This source states how the act of sleep walking in the play is a very important part of the character of Lady Macbeth. Sleep walking and talking is a major key of insomnia, and to the symptoms of PTSD. Lady Macbeth acts out many different scenes of the murder while she is sleeping. These flashbacks are another symptom of...
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...People can have the healthiest food, the best diet principle and the best emotional care in the world but if we not sleep, we can't live an ordinary life and maintain health. For this crucial time, there shouldn’t be any disturb to get good sleep. There are various kind of sleep disorder such as insomnia, Sleep apnea or Narcolepsy, which are enemies of good night sleep. In this report, I would like to cover the importance of good, proper sleep to overcome various sleep disorders and why sleeping in the dark is crucial for human. In addition, the reason why I put this sub topic, why we should sleep in the dark room, because I’m the coward who can’t tolerate and sleep in the darkness. I desperately want to dig up the answer, how dangerous it is, to break my negative habit. First of all, Importance and purpose of sleep. Why human is sleeping? Many psychologists and sleep investors try to figure out why we sleep since ages ago. Basically, while we are sleeping, body start to repair cells and to strengthen the immune system and other crucial functions to live an ordinary life. But researchers have yet to discover any fundamental purpose of sleep. Is it to refresh the body? Frankly, muscles don't need sleep, just irregular periods of relaxation. Is it to refresh the mind? The brain get benefits from a good sleep but there is no agreement among researchers about what exact form that benefit takes. Normally, we have two cycles of sleep, one is described by rapid eye movement--the...
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...Analyzing Psychological Disorder By Steven Smith Psy/240 First I would like to thank you for this opportunity that you are giving me. A part of this opportunity that you have given me contains two parts, A and B. In part A, I will analyze schizophrenia a psychiatric disease that is well known. I will take you on the journey of how schizophrenia affects the brain, neural basis, causes, symptoms, and drug therapies of this psychiatric disease. In part B we will continue our journey through a bio-psychologist’s perspective on the following two case studies; the first one will be about a teenager named Beth who has severe eating disorder name anorexia. The second will be about a single mother named Mary, who has a sleep disorder known as Insomnia. In both cases I will determine the relationship with nature-nurture issue, drug interventions or solutions, and the positive and negative aspects of the solutions or drug interventions. Part A: Schizophrenia: Causes, Symptoms and Treatments The psychiatric disease schizophrenia as describe by John P.J. Pinel in the seventh edition of Biopsychology, is the “splitting of psychic functions”. There is not a specific race or cultural group that will end up with schizophrenia. Experts have not pin pointed what cause schizophrenia, but they believe it is a combination of factor from genetics to environmental. Schizophrenia...
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...INFORMATIVE SPEECH 1) How To Be Happy Being Single The life that we are bestowed with is truly a miracle. This precise miracle gets overshadowed with the contradictions that we live with. Contradictions like, the young want to be older and the old want to be young again; the dark want to be fair and the fair want to darken; the short want to be tall and the tall ones have their own problems. And just the same way, the single want to mingle and the ones with partners want to break free. Isn't that complicated enough? Well, let's take a moment and say aloud - "I am single. I am single! I AM SINGLE". Yes. It is not to rub salt on your wounds but for you to embrace it than dread it. Acceptance is the key to great decisions. It is, in fact, very empowering. Look at you. You live your life all by yourself because you are capable of being single and independent. If you still hate your relationship status, take another moment to remember all the things you have dealt with alone. I am single. No, I really am single and everyday I push my limits to achieve something better alone because I can't afford to waste my time waiting for someone who may or may not show up just so I could have the cliché happy ending to my fairytale because Disney says so. No, that is not the end to my life or your life for that matter. Life is living it, not waiting for it to be over. And why on Earth would I ever want to cripple myself to the aid of a person who sees me as nothing more than a baby that...
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...Insomnia Chapter I: Introduction General Consideration Statement of the Problem Objectives of the Problem Importance of the Problem Definition of Terms Chapter II: Definition of Insomnia Chapter III: Insomnia Causes Causes of Chronic Insomnia Physiological Causes Psychological Chapter IV: Symptoms of Insomnia Possible Diagnosis Chapter V: Types of Insomnia Chapter VI: Prevention of Insomnia Prevention in Insomnia from Shift Changes Prevention in Insomnia from Jet lag Tips for getting a better night sleep Chapetr VII: Treatment of Insomnia Music Theraphy Cognitive Behavioral Theraphy Medicines Relaxation Exercise Chapter VIII: Statistics of Insomnia Chapter IX: Conclusion Final Bibliography Chapter I Introduction General Consideration Insomnia is a symptoms,not a stand-alone diagnosis or disease.It is an abnormal wakefulness or inability to fall asleep throughout the night.Insomnia can be related to a medical or psychiatric illness,can be caused by mental stress or excitement or can be caused by your daytome and bedtime habits.It causes may be divided into situational factors,medical or emotional problems are probably the principal cause of insomnia. Insomnia can be prevented and treated in many ways. To prevent it, the patient is urged to try to avoid focusing his/her thoughts on the problem of insomnia and to learn and practice relaxation techniques. The main focus or treatment for insomnia should be directed toward...
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...population are associated with driver sleepiness, independent of alcohol effects (Wickboldt et al., p4).” Teens are already known for their reckless driving, but most will not believe that the underlying problem is due to a lack of sleep. Most of these symptoms are usually unnoticed because it has become prevalent in the American culture to stay up late. In America alone, “it is estimated that 50 to 70 million Americans suffer from chronic disorder of sleep and wakefulness, hindering daily functioning and adversely affecting health (Wickboldt et al., p 20).” Lack of sleep is not something that can be seen like obesity, or given special treatment in school like how kids with Attention Deficit Disorder get extra hours to complete a test. Therefore, it is our job as a community to recognize that if we do let this overcome teenagers and adults, it will become another regular widespread illness that could...
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...frequent headaches and my patience with my daughter was minimal. When I finally began to feel relief I was still so used to being up late that it took weeks to regain my schedule, I instantly was back into my chipper mood instead of my dreary moody on which I accumulated while sleep deprived. I started to do more things outside of work again (taking walks, family time, visiting friends, going to the movies, playing at the park). When I was sleep deprived I used to get so frustrated that I would just burst out in tears because all I wanted to do was rest. The text book’s description of the side effects of sleep deprivation is exactly as I experienced it. One thing that the textbook stated that I found extremely important was the emphasis of how stress really affects ones sleeping pattern. When an individual is under an overwhelming amount of pressure or there’s confrontation or too many tasks to accomplish our peace of mind is absent when we finally do get to lie down and rest. People are always pushing themselves past the point of exhaustion, to...
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...Sexual Abuse in Children Heather Sellers Composition and Communications II Abstract Sexual abuse in children has been discussed many times. However, not a lot of people really pay attention to what is being said. In this paper I plan to discuss how many cases of abuse is actually reported. I also plan to discuss how many perpetrators are known by the victim, why a person would become a sex offender and how a victim’s life is changed. I will discuss how the cycle of abuse works, and the different disorders that are caused. By the end of this paper I plan to have informed you all of the dangers of sexual abuse. I also plan to have you all more aware of the people you and your family and friends spend their time with. Sexual abuse has always been a problem in the world, but many people believe the worst is sexual abuse in children. Sexual abuse in children has become a major issue over the years and has proven to cause many disorders, future problems in relationships, and trust issues. There are also many different reasons someone will become an abuser and there are many effects that can come from being sexually assaulted. According to www.victimsofcrime.org studies by David Finkelhor, Director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center,...
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...well. Without sleep it is hard to manage life day to day. Everyone knows that sleep is the most important thing for a healthy body because sleep is the time to relax. When someone is sleeping they do not have to think about life’s problems. The nature of today’s world hinders the opportunity for good sleep habits. Multiple studies have shown direct relationships between work hours and total sleep time. The more time a person spends working means less time they have to sleep. This proves how today’s world inhibits people of quality sleep (Swanson, et al., 2001.). Sleep is worth its weight in gold times ten. With immense exploration and study of sleep, new statistics and ways of assessing peoples sleeping habits have been fabricated. Sleeping Disorders come in all different shapes and forms. There are many factors that can cause these disorders that some people are born with, and other people get through some environmental factor. The four most prevalent disorders that people have are Insomnia, Narcolepsy, Sleep Apnea, and Night Terrors. All of these disorders have similar aspects about each other but each one is its own war against the body. These disorders will be uncovered, described, and assessed. All the factors that play a role in causing one of these disorders will be talked about. After explaining the implications of all these disorders thoroughly, conclusions will be...
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...Charles Donner Week 9 Final Expository Essay Sheryl Braswell 05/09/2013 Medical Marijuana Throughout the world there have been many different studies on how to cure illness that have led to a medication called Medical Marijuana. Medications are not very effective as they can have many side effects, a very possible addiction problem, and/or death. Prescriptions are all meant to help cure one thing, but they may have many or few consequences, such as liver failure from taking too many of one prescribed medications. The same consequence and many others can be associated with alcohol as well as prescribed medications. However, now there is a new drug that has been known from studies to have a 0% death rate that is introduced in 20 states. This new drug is called Medical Marijuana. New York State’s passage of the bill is to allow New York State Residents the right to use/possess Medical Marijuana and will allow a new medicine with less consequences into the state and bring growth and profit as well. There are many states trying to get themselves out of debt and legalizing marijuana seems to be an efficient way of doing that. Bill # S02774A and Bill # A03802 are two of the bills going to the New York State Senate and the State Legislature to be passed to allow Medical Marijuana in the state of New York. With the Senate and State Assembly passing with votes of 42 in the Senate winning that vote, and 48 in the State Assembly winning the final vote to carry the bill further through...
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...absolutely against the legalization of medical marijuana, saying “it is immoral”. What is the history behind Marijuana? I am going to take you on a journey ten thousand years ago in ancient civilization. Marijuana also called Cannabis was used for fiber. The humans in this time period also used the hemp seed for food. It was only natural that they discovered the medical properties of the plant. Cannabis was actually used for a list of reasons such as hemorrhoids, insomnia, headaches, pain, and even childbirth. But that was some time ago. In the 1970’s scientist were able to extract the THC from the plant. Thus making a synthetic version of the plant, and calling it Marinol. Marinol was approved from the Government and the FDA to be prescribed to patients. It was used to treat anorexia in AIDS patients, nausea, and vomiting for patients who are going thru chemotherapy. But patients preferred to smoke the cannabis plant because it would work in minutes, compared to one whole for Marinol. Thompson AJ (May 2003) How is Marijuana abused? Marijuana abuse comes from recreational use of Marijuana. After a number of times you have used Marijuana your brain develops a mental...
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...Has anyone ever thought of our daily eating habits can become a slow killer? Statistics in the United States have proved that human eating habit is steadily growing to become a killer. It was found that Binge Eating Disorder (BED) has tended to claim human life according to various researches. BED is a psychological disorder whereby an individual eats more than enough food within a short period of time, even when the person is not hungry. This disorder is purported to be caused by depression, anxiety, genetic disorder, and psychological issues among others. According to WIN, women fall as the highest victims followed by men and the least are youths in their adolescent stage. BED is said to affect women in their early adulthood and men in their middle age. This disorder occurs on anyone regardless of race or ethnic group. Moreover, BED has been closely linked to obesity as asserted by WIN. Individuals who are obese are at high risk of developing BED due to their eating habits, although sometimes the case might not be that. But from research carried out, victims of BED have been found to be obese. This mental disorder that affects the livelihood of a person has some unique characteristics. To examine oneself if you have BED, one should examine if he/she eats uncontrollably a lot of food within a short period of time. Furthermore, a victim of BED prefers to eat alone in solitude since he/she is ashamed of his/her eating habits. They also eat faster than other normal people...
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