For my blog entry, the topic that came to my mind was insomnia. Insomnia was the first thing that drew my attention when thinking about mental disorder. Personally, insomnia had an effect in my past, which will be stated when concluding this blog entry.
The article examines the controversy of insomnia, symptoms, and what the causes are for the mental disorder. “Insomnia is the inability to fall asleep easily, or remain asleep throughout the night, or waking too early in the morning” (Jim Folk, Anxiety Centre). The controversy here is that insomnia requires a number of hours a person needs to sleep; statistically the number of hours was about 7-8 hours to get enough sleep. That number could differ depending on what age the individual is. What this means is that the older the person is, the less sleep they would need. However, the lowest number an individual would need would be 6 hours at least. Most people have occasional nights of restlessness, which is okay. On the other hand, a long rest is not the best scenario because it may lead to diminished memory, depression, headaches, impaired concentration, and an increase in risk of substance abuse.
The answer that everyone is so keen to find out is what are the causes and conditions of insomnia. There are numerous reasons to how insomnia happens; consuming coffee or any type of caffeine, extended computer work, and etc. There are many more conditions that could cause insomnia, but the main reasons are mentioned above.
There are ways to prevent insomnia before it reaches out to you. Avoid caffeine, Exercise regularly (going to the gym 3-4 times a week), yoga classes are optional but yoga does give you the feeling of relaxation. To prevent insomnia could somewhat be challenging due to the challenges that you have to keep up with on a daily basis. If preventing insomnia becomes hard, seek anxiety disorder help and support from a professional/doctor.
Personally, my viewpoint of insomnia is relatively serious and unhealthy mental disorder that no person should ever have to face. It was traumatizing when realizing I had insomnia for the past six months. As a student, I had to keep up with my homework and assignments. Due to my schoolwork, the only way out I saw was a “triple triple”. A Large cup of coffee would keep me up for several hours at night and not realizing that I was punishing my body; that was the main cause of Insomnia and I had to face it for the past six months of my life. This blog entry taught me a lot and learned a lot about Insomnia.