Long term stress can play havoc with sleep, making it challenging to quieten the mind and drift off to sleep. Even short-term stress can disrupt sleep, and poor sleep increases stress which can easily spiral into a raft of emotional, physical, and cognitive challenges.
A brain deprived of sleep finds it more difficult to regulate emotions and respond to stressors logically. This leads to a heightened perception of stress, even in situations that might otherwise seem manageable. This is when you’re more likely to feel snappish, a bit flat and less able to cope with everyday challenges.
To break the cycle of stress and sleep problems, adults need an adequate amount of high-quality sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation, healthy adults should aim for 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night. Quality sleep involves cycling through all stages including light, deep and REM sleep.
Uninterrupted sleep helps regulate stress hormones such as cortisol, supports the immune system, consolidates memories and supports emotional resilience. This is your body’s time to rest and recharge, ready to go the next day.
Sometimes good sleep hygiene and calming breathing exercises need a helping hand. Harker Herbals Stress Relief and Sleep Well are a great natural support to help you through times of stress and wakeful nights. One or the other may help break the cycle. Stress Relief supports a calm nervous system, so you feel more in control during the day and relaxed enough in the evening to settle into sleep. Sleep Well supports falling asleep and staying asleep. Sleeping through the night means waking refreshed and feeling more ready to face the day. Both formulas can be taken together for complete 24 hour support to help get sleep patterns back on track feel calm and back in control.
Common Symptoms of Stress
Stress affects individuals in multiple ways, physically, mentally and emotionally. Some common symptoms include:
Physical: Headaches; muscle tension; sleeplessness; fatigue, digestive issues and chest tightness
Cognitive: Racing thoughts; difficulty concentrating, forgetfulness and indecisiveness
Emotional: Excessive worry; irritable; feeling low, mood swings and frustration
Behavioural: Use of alcohol or drugs; changes in eating patterns, withdrawal from social activities and procrastination.
Some possible solutions maybe,
A great pick-me-up, calm-me-down formula when life is dishing up those stressful moments. Stress Relief is a delicious natural syrup you can take daily to help manage short and long term stress, fatigue or feeling flat and overwhelmed. Handy for work, home and teenagers doing it tough. For all ages over 12 years.
A super herbal blend to help you switch off, relax into deep restorative sleep and stay asleep. This unique formula uses meaningful amounts of Nature’s best sleep herbs including Valerian, Passionflower, Zizyphus and Hops . This combination is a great support to regain your normal sleep patterns. Non addictive and natural!
Always read the label and take as directed. If symptoms persist, consult your healthcare professional. Vitamins and minerals are supplementary to a balanced diet. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding or on any medication, see your healthcare professional before undertaking any natural healthcare protocol.
Harker Herbals, Auckland, NZ
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A brain deprived of sleep finds it more difficult to regulate emotions and respond to stressors logically.
