Mental Health & Sleep
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It’s Mental Health Awareness Month
Since 1949, Mental Health America has been organizing Mental Health Month during May. The theme for Mental Health Awareness Month in 2025 is ‘turn awareness into action’ – a campaign aimed at giving every person the tool and resources needed to support every individua’s mental health. In this regard, we at Restworks would like to bring attention to the profound connection between mental health and sleep. Read on to learn more below.
Global mental health in a post-pandemic world
The Covid-19 pandemic brought forth a wave of decline in the mental well-being of the global population. The cocktail of uncertainty, isolation, blurring of work-life boundaries, and increased pressure on family life have led to a measurable rise in clinical depression, mental breakdowns, and burn-outs. Caregivers are among those who were hit the hardest with 1 in 2 physicians and 1 in 3 nurses experiencing burn-out.
Since the pandemic, there has been a substantial rise in those who experience anxiety and depression. In the first year of the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports a huge
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ASMR For Sleep: Science, Benefits, and How to Use
For those who have experienced ASMR, it has been shown to have many potential benefits for sleep quality and well-being. In this article, we will look at what ASMR is really about, how it can help people sleep better, and how you can use ASMR for sleep for yourself!
Sleep to Reduce Anxiety: The Natural Treatment
We all experience anxiety at some point in our lives and for varying lengths of time. In this post, we'll talk about how we can use natural remedies like sleep, relaxation exercises, and mindfulness to reduce anxiety in our everyday.
How much deep sleep should I get?
Sleep, absolutely essential for all people, is inter-connected with every function of our physical, mental, and emotional being. During sleep, our bodies restore, build and grow new cells and connections. Our brain flushes out toxins that accumulate during the day so we can start fresh in the morning.
When we do not get enough sleep, we don’t get the reset that we need to keep functioning at top levels. Our body systems get clogged and start to break down. This makes us more susceptible to illnesses, fatigue creeps in, our minds get foggy and our emotional tethers are shortened.
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