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The stress, anxiety and sleep loop

The stress, anxiety and sleep loop

  1. StressCortisol stays high at night
  2. Poor sleepThe brain's alarm becomes more reactive
  3. AnxietySmall worries feel bigger

Sources: Chrousos 2009; AASM/SRS 2015

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Stress keeps cortisol high at night, which leads to poor sleep. Poor sleep makes the brain's alarm more reactive, which feeds anxiety. Anxiety makes small worries feel bigger, which adds to stress. Breaking any one link helps the others.

From the topic: Stress

Sources

  1. 1.Stress and disorders of the stress system — Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2009Review
  2. 2.Recommended amount of sleep for a healthy adult: a joint consensus statement — Sleep (AASM and Sleep Research Society), 2015Guideline