Monthly Archives: December 2020

New Year Blues

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and the “New Year’s Blues” continue to affect many people this time of year, with an estimated average of 10 million people reporting symptoms. When seasonal depression coincides with the holiday period, it’s often exacerbated by feelings of tension, uncertainty, social conflict, changed sleep patterns, and increased alcohol consumption. This year …

How Microbes Can Help You Sleep

Recent studies from the University of Tsukuba in Japan have shown that intestinal health has a very close connection with healthy brain function. Gut bacteria may influence your sleep patterns by helping to create important chemical messengers such as serotonin and dopamine. The study’s lead author, Professor Masashi Yanagisawa, stated that “microbe depletion eliminates serotonin …

13 Types of Insomnia

Sleep isn’t something that comes easy to many people, but some people find it helpful to know exactly what it is they’re suffering from. With the help of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Health has compiled a list of 13 classifications of insomnia. This slideshow provides symptoms, reasons, and statistics about sleep disorders that …

Emotional Safety Nets for Men?

Though mental illness has never discriminated, men typically find it more difficult to talk about their problems than women do, often influenced by societal pressures to remain silent. Men suffer from anxiety and depression far more than we realize, but often mask it behind greater anger, substance abuse, and risky behaviors. This often leads to …