How can we cope with insomnia and depression in winter and spring?

With the change of winter and spring, the climate is unpredictable and more and more people have trouble sleeping! The change of seasons from winter to spring and the changeable climate in spring can easily cause mood swings and irritability, thus affecting the psychological mood, and thus the chance of sleep disorders in this season is higher than usual. Many insomnia is caused by psychological reasons, in fact, insomnia itself is an emotion, as long as it does not give it “power”, let nature take its course, slowly can calm down.  According to the latest figures released by the World Health Organization, nearly 1 / 4 of the world’s people suffer from insomnia, nearly 860 million people suffer from insomnia and depression disorder every year, only China has 0.75 billion. Sleep disorders are themselves a prominent symptom of many mental disorders, and 80% of insomnia is caused by “matters of the heart”.  Insomnia caused by environmental changes (e.g., noise, heat, light), physiological factors (e.g., continuous night shifts), life misfortunes, and simple “insomnia” caused by physical illnesses (e.g., brain lesions, chronic pain, nocturia) generally account for only a small percentage of insomnia. Most insomnia that is subjectively difficult to control is caused by depression and anxiety disorders. In life, many insomnia is due to problems at work, school, family, financial, emotional, and interpersonal. For example, some people feel guilty and blame themselves for a fault and replay the fault in their minds, making it difficult to sleep for a long time; some people are in a state of anticipation and excitement before promotions and titles are about to be announced and lose sleep; others are stimulated by unexpected events and sleep in a constant state of anxiety.  How to determine whether you have insomnia?  Criterion 1: lying in bed for more than 30 minutes without falling asleep; Criterion 2: waking up in the middle of the night, waking up more than two or three times; Criterion 3: waking up before dawn, commonly known as early awakening; Criterion 4: nightmares night after night, the plot of the nightmare is like a television series.  If only occasionally or briefly can not sleep or sleep poorly, but the next day the person is very energetic, happy mood, no mistakes at work, according to the WHO criteria, this situation can not be diagnosed as insomnia.   How to have “good” sleep in spring? In life, it is advisable to go to bed early and get up early, not to love the bed, so as not to sleep more and more sleepy. Normally, in spring, it is appropriate to go to sleep at around 22:00 at night and get up at around 6:00 in the morning. Spring should not be too much “night driving”, so as not to induce or aggravate spring sleepiness. In addition, it is best to take a half-hour lunch break at noon every day, if there is no condition for lunch break, you can “close your eyes for ten minutes” to relieve stress.  At the same time, spring is the season of the liver Qi Shu Fa, because the liver likes to strip and evil depression, it is advisable to follow the nature, soothe the emotions. If you often go to the field to carry out useful sports and recreational activities, increase the interaction between people, tell jokes with friends, talk about anecdotes, relax the body, do not be irritated. Specific recommendations: more sunshine, more exercise, more chat 1, when the weather is good, more outdoor activities, sunshine, will make the mood happy.  2, once the negative emotions, no need to panic, you can do something of interest to divert bad emotions, or to outdoor sports and other ways to relieve stress relaxed mood. Do not let the symptoms of impatience, fatigue, restlessness last for a long time, if necessary, you should see a doctor as soon as possible, so that timely prevention.  3.When you are depressed and sad, find more friends to chat and confuse things to confide in.  4, learn to accept reality, with tolerance, calm mind to treat each day, accumulate under each day of happiness, will be happy every day.  5, pay attention to rest, avoid overwork, maintain a good mental state.  6, the pursuit of perfection in everything can be appropriate to lower expectations, after setting goals, you can divide the big goal into several small goals, and then one by one to achieve.  7, for patients who have suffered from mental illnesses, in the spring, even if they do not develop, they must come to the hospital in time for follow-up, and adhere to the medication in strict accordance with medical advice, do not reduce or stop medication on their own. In addition, avoid overexertion or mental stimulation. When abnormal conditions such as bad mood and insomnia occur, you should follow up with the hospital as soon as possible.