Psychological Effects Of Sleep

Psychological Effects of Sleep Isaac Newton in his famous Newton’s Laws pointed out that for every action there must always be a reaction. This phenomenon manifests in all aspects of life. Everybody needs to sleep and the sleep must be sufficient. Insufficient sleep has a share of its effects. Basically, sleep is one of the many altered states of a human being’s consciousness. This implies that it directly has psychological implications and its insufficiency or excessiveness has direct impact on the well being of the affected person. This review focuses on the psychological effects of sleep. It should be noted that the effects are from two perspectives, namely when the positive and the negative. Wayne A. Bardwell and et al. launched a study …show more content…
For example, W.J. Herrmann noted that sleep disorders are very common in nursing centers. These centers are always full of people who have diverse experiences in life and the causes of the sleeping disorders among them have not been explored extensively. However, W.J. Herrmann gave the scenario a study from the psychological perspective and noted that actually it is psychological instabilities that cause the sleeping disorders. It is from this study that it can be noted that sleep can be a cause of a psychological disorder and also a psychological disorder can as well be a cause to a sleeping disorder. It is because of this revelation that any practitioner needs to be open minded when handling psychological effects resulting from sleep disorders. This is to ensure that he is not treating the wrong thing. One basic thing needed by people in nursing homes is the peace of mind because they have been through a lot in life. This peace of mind is a phenomenon that can only be tackled in a psychological perspective. The irregularity on the pattern of their sleep is one thing that disturbs this peace and measures need to be put in place to counter check these irregularities. The result will result to a peace of mind. Counseling should also be applied alongside other factors to increase the peace of mind of the affected …show more content…
Brindle and S.M. Conklin investigated the effect of sleep on cardiovascular recovery process ad found out that a good sleep actually speeds up the recovery process. This is of course from the psychological perspective whereby the victim has been exposed to psychological stress. Denying the body a good sleep, especially in moments of threats can have devastating effects on the arterial pressure. To the contrary, a good sleep is not only a good therapy in handling arterial anxiety pressure, but also can be used as physical therapy to the body in general. Ina separate research, N. A. HAMILTON, C. A. Nelson, N. Stevens and H. Kitzman investigated the well being of a human being in relation to sleep and they found out that sleep is actually a component resilience. This implies that irrespective of the ups and downs you come across in life, you can overcome any situation as long as the energy to do persists. It is only sleep that can give this kind of rest