Insomnia


Are you or your family, including people who are experiencing insomnia? Insomnia or difficulty sleeping, for some people regarded as a matter of course, but if insomnia is allowed it will result in various consequences that interfere with psychological and physical condition, even death. Actually, what is insomnia? If insomnia is caused due to psychological factors like stress within a certain period due to social situation, personal problems are not being completed, the issue of domestic violence, domestic economist crisis, a crisis in business, etc. then the insomnia is classified as insomnia due to psychological factors. However, if you are just experiencing insomnia only 1 or 2 days and this is because your neighborhood is noisy then you only need to be resettled to cure your insomnia. Also, if you are experiencing insomnia because it is experiencing physical pain insomnia will disappear after you recover. On this occasion, we will discuss about the insomnia caused by psychological factors, because it can cause various adverse effects in patients with insomnia, it can even cause death. Therefore, you need to know in advance what is the definition of insomnia.

What is Insomnia?

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV) defines insomnia as difficulty in starting to sleep, maintaining sleep, do not feel fresh on waking up early and experience poor sleep quality. Once you know the definition of insomnia, whether you've started paying attention to yourself, what you are experiencing insomnia or not. For more details, you need to know what are the symptoms of insomnia. However, keep in mind that here we are discussing insomnia due to psychological factors, rather than other factors

Insomnia Symptoms

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV), showed some symptoms can be diagnosed when a person is suffering from insomnia due to psychological factors, namely:

1. Difficulty to initiate, maintain sleep, and not to improve sleep for at least one month is the most common complaint.

2. Insomnia is causing the patient to stress that can disrupt the function of social, occupational or other important areas of functioning.

3. Insomnia due to psychological factors are not included narcolepsy, sleep disorders associated with breathing, circadian rhythm disorders or parasomnias.

4. Insomnia due to psychological factors do not occur because of other mental disorders such as depression, delirium.

5. Insomnia due to psychological factors do not occur due to the direct physiological effects of a substance such as drug abuse or general medical condition.
With the symptoms-mentioned symptoms by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV), the insomnia due to psychological factors can interfere with the various social functions. The question is, what the causes of insomnia due to psychological factors? Want to know the answer, let us follow the following discussion.

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