There can be many reasons for such difficulty falling asleep, in particular, lack of fatigue, spending a long time in bed during the day, irregular bedtime, anxiety, illnesses that cause itching or pain.
Some mental illnesses, such as neurosis, depression, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, dementia, can cause insomnia.
Other conditions can also cause disruption to your sleep-wake cycle, including mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety, medications, and chronic conditions or illnesses that affect your physical health.
The key symptoms of a sleep disorder are: systematically waking up in the middle of the night, difficulty falling asleep (it takes several hours to fall asleep), excessive sleepiness while awake, insomnia.
Insomnia can affect the cardiovascular, endocrine, immune and nervous systems.
It increases the risks of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack, and anxiety and depressive disorders.
Previously, we talked about how stress affects a child's development.