How much you get is up to you
Mar 31, 2023 8:31 am
Hi,
Anxiety can disrupts sleep, and the lack of sleep can increase anxiety in a negative downward spiral. Stress, anxiety and even the normal wear and tear of the day depletes the neurons in almost every system of the body (and particularly the brain) causing them to malfunction . Sleep gives the body's neurons a chance to shut down and repair themselves.
How much you sleep each night determines how well you can deal with anxiety and stress. Sleep deprivation is a chronic stressor that impairs brain functions and contributes to an overload on the body's systems. This overload contributes to memory loss, brain fog, confusion, and depression, making it more difficult for you to deal with stress. Sleep deprivation creates an imbalance in hormone levels that drive anxiety levels higher. Too little sleep also boosts adrenaline levels that can make your existing anxiety issues worse.
Sleep deprivation creates a sleep debt that your body that continues to grow until it is paid. And despite what you think, you don't adapt to getting inadequate sleep. However, you might get used to functioning with impaired judgment, slower reaction times, and foggy brain.
How much sleep you get is up to you. How much are you willing to give yourself? Just enough to stagger through life? Or the full amount you need to reduce your anxiety and perform your best?
Go to bit.ly/sleeptotop for the "Sleep Your Way to the Top" mini-workshop
and learn how you can sleep better tonight
so you can play better tomorrow.
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Many thanks to Nico Bourgade of the "The Mind Game of Basketball" Podcast for the opportunity to highlight mental health and performance in the game of basketball.
Podcast Details: "Eddie has been working for decades as a performance psychologist and is telling us all about his first year experience delivering mental health as well as mental performance services to the Grand Rapids Gold, aka Denver Nuggets' G-League team.
Eddie and Nico stressed the importance of mental health and its role leading to higher performance. You will find the foundations that Eddie has laid within the Grand Rapids Gold's organization, his objectives working with them in the future and his perspective from the inside of a G-League team.
Specific cases like free throw shooting, bringing intensity are also brought in as we hope you enjoy this episode..."
You can listen here: https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/episode/delivering-mental-performance-within-the-g-league-232415/
Enjoy,
Dr Eddie
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Dr. Eddie O’Connor
