Did you sleep well today?

This is the 3602nd article of Da Yi Xiao Hu

A busy day is over, and the subway is already shaking. I rushed into the bedroom exhausted and ready to go to bed.

1 minute... 2 minutes... 10 minutes... 30 minutes passed. My mind was in a mess like a movie, with some thoughts here and some there, just a tangled mess. I was very sleepy, but I just couldn't fall asleep.

1 sheep, 2 sheep... 100 sheep... After counting hundreds of sheep and changing various sleeping positions, my eyelids felt heavy but my mind was clear. I looked at the time and another 20 minutes had passed. Sigh... I still have to go to work tomorrow! I felt a little irritable. I tried hard to fall asleep, but I couldn't help thinking about all kinds of strange things. Was the bathroom light turned off? Was my boss's anger today related to me? What should I wear to the meeting tomorrow? I'm 30 years old and still not married...

Time passed by second by second, and it began to get a little brighter, but I just couldn't fall asleep. I felt more and more irritable, with a headache, chest tightness, and heat in my body. I decided not to sleep, so I picked up my phone to check my Moments, WeChat, and TikTok.

As I was playing with my phone, I started to feel sleepy and entered a drowsy, half-asleep state... "Ding... Ring... Ring..." The alarm clock rang. I was so sleepy. It was time to go to work. Oh... It was another day of relying on coffee to survive. I couldn't concentrate and my work efficiency continued to decline.

Finally, I made it to Friday and slept until I woke up naturally, but tomorrow is the weekend. How can I be worthy of tomorrow's weekend if I don't stay up late tonight? Even if the epidemic is at home, I still have to have fun, playing games, watching Korean dramas, chatting on WeChat... The sky is bright again, "I want to sleep too, but..." At this moment, I regret it very much, my head is buzzing, my face is as pale as shit, and I ask myself if I am no longer qualified to sleep late at my age? So all kinds of worries and fears come uninvited, "Will sleeping so little harm my body?" "Is there something growing in my head that I can't sleep all the time?"... Thinking about it, I can't help but Baidu "harms of insomnia", the more I read, the more frightened and trembling I am. So I slept hard during the day on weekends, and every second on Sunday night was like a year, looking for various "self-treatment methods for insomnia". Day after day, my memory began to deteriorate, my face was sallow, my eyes were dark, and my face was full of acne...

Sleep, like eating and breathing, is a part of our life. About one-third of a person's life is spent sleeping. Long-term insomnia not only affects the individual's normal life and work, but also increases the risk of various health problems. "Healthy China Action (2019-2030)" "Long-term lack of sleep will increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, depression, diabetes and obesity, and damage cognitive function, memory and immune system." So starting today, tell you about insomnia, understand insomnia, let those lonely and panic owls in the dark no longer fear sleep, find the real cause of insomnia, return to work and life, and be a clear-headed "white-skinned beauty".

Do you have insomnia? Let's do a little test first.

The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) was developed by Professor Charles Moran and others from Canada. It is one of the most widely used insomnia assessment scales in clinical practice. The total score range is 0 to 28, with 0 to 7 indicating no clinically significant insomnia, 8 to 14 indicating subthreshold insomnia, 15 to 21 indicating clinical insomnia (moderate to severe), and 22 to 28 indicating clinical insomnia (severe).

If the self-assessment score is greater than 7 points, it indicates that there is a certain degree of insomnia. So please give yourself a chance, improve your bad sleeping habits, try to fix your work and rest time, and cultivate a good biological clock. Let's start practicing every day!

Author: Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Shi YangDeputy Chief Physician

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