Love Your Mattress – Love Your Mind
Loving your mattress and getting a good night's sleep is crucial for your mental as well as your physical health.
Investing in quality beds is an investment in our mental health as well as physical well being. In fact, if you feel anxious about your mattress because you find it so difficult to sleep, you might need to check in with your doctor for a check up. Research in America has suggested a link between chronic sleep problems and the likelihood of trying to commit suicide. Beds are places where we should recoup, refresh and rest the mind, but if you suffer from chronic sleep difficulties such as insomnia or disturbed sleep, you could be putting stress on your mental and emotional well being.
Do you Toss and Turn on Your Mattress?
The more sleep disturbances you suffer, the more likely thoughts of suicide occur, according to the study from the University of Michigan. The teams findings were presented to the World Psychiatric Association. If beds become places of anxiety because of difficulty sleeping, you should visit your doctor. The research has triggered warnings to health professionals to be vigilant if a patient reports difficulty sleeping and disturbed sleep. There are fears that people who toss and turn on their mattress could be at risk, even if they don't have a history of mental health problems.
It's well known that in the West we don't give our beds and mattresses the time and importance they deserve. Sleep deprivation is common, and the study into suicidal thoughts merely confirms how crucial our beds are to physical and emotional health. More of us should consider the comfort of our mattress and how inviting our beds are, as well as take steps to achieve a good night's sleep, such as avoiding caffeine and stimulants.
Comfortable Beds: Comfortable Thoughts
It has been estimated by the World Health Organisation that around 877,000 people commit suicide every year – and four times that number attempt suicide. The link between beds, sleep and suicide is crucial when you consider that one in three of us in the West suffer with insomnia on any given night. Although insomnia can come in phases, around 10% struggle with clinical insomnia which leaves them battling with their beds every night. The research found that those who had two or more symptoms of insomnia needed to take their beds seriously – they were 2.6 times more likely to report a suicide attempt.
Having comfortable beds and a supportive mattress can help aid sleep. The researchers behind the study said the findings suggest by improving sleep, they could reduce the risk of suicidal behaviour.
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