SIGNS THAT CANCER IN YOUR LOVED ONE IS CAUSING YOU ANXIETY
VOLATILE MOOD If you are excessively irritable and sometimes display raging anger, you are likely experiencing underlying anxiety. The uncertainty associated with a diagnosis of cancer...
IS BODY TEMPERATURE IMPORTANT IN SLEEP?
Sleep can only occur if optimum body and brain temperature is reached.
IS SLEEP IMPORTANT FOR EMOTION REGULATION?
Sleep helps optimize emotion regulation for both positive and negative emotions. When sleep is disturbed or lost, emotional volatility and potential psychopathologies occur.
THE ROLE OF SLEEP IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF FEAR MEMORIES
Fear memory is consolidated during sleep through a neural mechanism that if disrupted leads to dysregulated fear as happens in anxiety disorders
DOES SLEEP DEPRIVATION INCREASE ANXIETY?
Sleep deprivation increases anxiety, especially after more than 72 hours of no sleep.
DOES SLEEP DEPRIVATION AFFECT SOCIAL INTERACTIONS?
Sleep deprived individuals temporarily loose the ability to accurately recognize emotions on faces and even perceive certain facial expressions as negative.