This week’s tip is about the relationship between relieving stress and a high quality sleep. Mental health and the quality of sleep are a two way street, as stress can cause serious changes in the quality of sleep, bad sleep can also be a cause of increasing stress and anxiety. If you feel like your mind is occupied with a load of thoughts and worries along with a deterioration in your sleep, treating any of them might get you into a better loop of improving both aspects of your health.
Here are few ways to reduce stress and anxiety:
- Meeting a therapist to cope mechanisms to manage restlessness
- Practicing mindfulness to engage new points of view and know yourself better
- Enriching your fields of interest to empower yourself
- Physical activity to keep you moving and release endorphins
- Meditations to learn relaxation techniques