Disturbed night’s sleep: the Corona-crisis affects the sleep

The Corona-crisis increases, according to the assessment of researcher Hans-Günter Blind the risk for fatigue and sleep disturbances – and the Season of the year contributes to that.

“With the spring, the big Yawn is often. Many feel the first few days as a painfully exhausting,“ said the head of the international multidisciplinary sleep centre in the Palatinate, Klingenmünster.

“After the dark Season of the year has to change the body biologically, and also to the higher physical workload today to get used to,“ said Blind. In the Corona-crisis Worried about the job and the financial Situation, but also increased family conflicts could be added.

Missing the sun’s rays in the home office

“The human genes are still in the stone age,” said the author of the book (“sleep does wonders”). “At that time there were no Stoves, or cuddly blankets. Therefore, our body moves in the dark Season of the year in the saving mode, its temperature will be reduced,“ says Blind.

With the spring, the production of the happiness hormone Serotonin will be stimulated and through the longer days of the sleep hormone Melatonin is reduced.

“Everyone can feel how with the first sun, the mood from the cellar beams comes.“ In addition, the blood vessels due to warmer temperatures dilated, the blood pressure drops. The biological conversion process, robbing the body of energy and tire him.

So the body is supported

Many people defendant’s lead on the eyelids, listlessness and headaches to circulatory problems. “So what can you do? Everything helps, what brings on the cardiovascular system and the hormonal conversion process is accelerated.

A lot of the Outdoors, alternating showers, Kneipp treatments, a sauna or a brush massage. Also Sport is to be recommended,“ said Blind.

In times of the home office there are also benefits, says the 56-Year-old: “Many of us can now sleep a little longer and your working hours to your personal sleep-Wake rhythm to adjust.“

The have a positive result, “The otherwise, through the early work and the start of School, the resulting sleep deficit does not occur.“

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)

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