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According to over 50% of British employees take time off work due to feeling tired or not having enough sleep.听听
Sleep is fundamental to our survival; we spend a third of our lives asleep. It鈥檚 crucial to ensure positive health and wellbeing, without the right amount of sleep you are more likely to feel anxious or depressed. Consistent poor sleep can trigger more serious mental health conditions such as psychosis or paranoia.听Find support below to help you get good quality and the right amount of sleep.
Support听for improving sleep
is made up of 10 chapters. Topics range from the secrets to successful sleep to exploring what happens when we sleep.听
Insomnia? Mind racing at night? Worries keeping you up?听
- 听offers 7 soothing, mindful meditations to help you unwind and fall into a deep and restful sleep.听
- Use these relaxation sound meditations to help you unwind before you try to sleep:听听听听
- 听offers hundreds of bedtime stories to help you forget your problems. The stories progressively get more boring to help you to gradually fall asleep.听听
Read for adults, teens, children and shift workers. Speak to trained sleep advisor via their or access one of .听
Read their The Mental Health Foundation explain there are four pillars of good sleep (HEAL):听
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The guide explains how the four pillars affect your sleep, along with suggestions on what you can do to improve your sleep and when to seek help from your GP.听
The NHS has resources dedicated to tackling sleep problems, including:
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- Practical resources to support your sleep, including a and a 听
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In听October 2018 we invited Dr Sophie Bostock to talk to us about sleep. Watch her talk packed full of useful tips to help us sleep better below. Sophie is a UK Innovation Lead at Big Health, the company behind Sleepio, NHS Innovation Accelerator Fellow and Sleep Evangelist. Sophie has a PhD in Health Psychology from 果冻影院 and her research interests include the links between sleep, well-being, health and performance. She is a TEDx speaker, and has featured as a sleep expert for ITV and the BBC. If you missed this talk, .
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Read the latest articles published by sleep experts at 果冻影院:听