15 to 20% of adults in France report suffering from insomnia
Do you have trouble falling asleep at night? Can't get back to sleep after waking up in the night? You are surely one of the 15 to 20% of adults in France who report suffering from insomnia, according to Santé Publique France. When a person suffers from this pathology, they certainly cannot sleep at night, but they also accumulate fatigue, which can be difficult to live with on a daily basis.
Indeed, this disorder, which is characterized by difficulty falling asleep, one or more nighttime awakenings or even waking up too early in the morning, leads to drowsiness during the day, nervousness or even difficulty concentrating and memorizing.
To treat insomnia, doctors first recommend changing your daily habits, whether that means adopting regular bedtimes and waking up times or avoiding screens, caffeine or alcohol before sleeping.
Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) may also be prescribed, as may taking certain medications such as sleeping pills or melatonin (the sleep hormone) tablets.
A tip for sleeping better goes viral on social media
Despite all these possibilities for sleeping better, some people still suffer from insomnia. But a new tip for sleeping better, which has gone viral on social networks, could well be the miracle cure that some people are waiting for.
The technique is rather simple to perform: “Close your eyes and roll them slowly from left to right, then up and down, then in circles, clockwise and counterclockwise. Continue these slow, steady movements until you feel sleepy,” reports theHuffPost.
This tip became popular after surgeon Katelyn Tondo-Steele claimed in a millions-viewed Instagram video that this technique worked for her 14 out of 15 times when she woke up in the middle of the night.
“An unconscious message sent to the rest of the nervous system”
How can simply moving our eyes when they are closed help us go back to sleep? According to experts, this technique tricks our brain into imitating REM sleep, also called Rapid Eye Movement (REM), due to frequent rapid eye movements under the eyelid.
“By forcing your eyes to make slow, steady movements back and forth, you simulate the oscillations that naturally occur during REM sleep,” said Kiara DeWitt, a pediatric neurology nurse, in comments reported by HuffPost.
She goes on to explain that it's a kind of “unconscious message sent to the rest of the nervous system telling us that it is time to relax rather than get excited. »
Although it costs nothing and has already shown positive results, it is not a miracle tip to combat insomnia. Some people will therefore still have difficulty falling asleep, even after applying this viral technique.
Source: HuffPost
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