DO YOU KNOW 5+ BRIEF HEALTH ISSUES OF NIGHT OWL? (MENTAL HEALTH) - Kanza Bukhari

Are you troubling with lack of sleep at night? Here we describe the brief note on health issues of a night owl. Most commonly it is a genetic problem which affects females more than males. Many health issues associated with their lifestyle which later can be more vulnerable to consequences of a poor or unhealthy lifestyle. It can be curable with some changes in lifestyle like try to avoid light at night, try to maintain their bedtime, wake up at same time every day.  There are some factors of night owl which they are going through.

Disturbed mind

DEPRESSION & BAD MOOD

Studies shown that night owls may have tough time to regulate their mood through the day or maybe worse in morning. Obviously not getting enough sleep leads you to feel tired which more leads to memory problems, learning disability, hopelessness, difficulty in making decisions, low performance. Disturb minds have difficulty in work performance and lack their confidence which lead them to depression. In 2017, study found that night owls are more likely to suppress their feeling and positive thinking about anything as compared to normal people.

Depression

LESS SOCIALIST / LESS COMPANIONSHIP

As a night owl you have difficulty to make friends and being social. Restlessness cause your brain fog and want to be alone all the time. Night owls are less engaged to other, avoiding contact because of social anxiety. As a teenager, it can disturb your school performance to stay quite all time, others think of you dump and don’t want to be friends. Sleep loss also dampened activity in brain regions that normally encourage social engagement. Night owls are term as social lepers and as time passes turn-off society and just to be alone.

less socialist

ABNORMAL WEIGHT GAIN

When you’re staying up in night the most concern thing is “snacking”. Late night eating leads your body to obesity. Doctors think that eating in late night dark slower your metabolism which then increase your weight abnormally because of extra calories. Abnormal weight gain can also disturb your mental health with body shaming, lack of confidence, respiratory problems, sometimes asthma.

abnormal weight gain

DIABETES & HEART DISEASE

Being a night owl you have problem of irregular mood and mental disturbance throughout the day which harm your glycemic control. Night owls are at high risk with “Type 2 Diabetes”. It is an alarming situation which can be control by changing your bedtime. With diabetic knock you may have heart disease also because of disturbed cholesterol levels. Less sleep adversely affect your healthy life by obesity, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and migraine.

Diabetes issue

RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME

Restless leg syndrome is a sleep disorder which cause intense urge not to move legs. With this syndrome you just want to sit for long time and not to walk around because of uneasiness.  It decreased your alertness, you may also miss your workouts for just lying in bed late to rest.

RISK OF EARLY DEATH

New researches shows that people with less sleep at night have 10% high early death risk and impermanence because of their routine. For females, we are manage our work of office as well as house chores so, it’s necessary to get enough night sleep which relax our body and prepare us for more tasks. Try to expose yourself to bright light first in morning can also help program your brain to wake up and eventually shifting your clock to go in bed timely. You have 50% opportunity to maintain your cycle of night sleep by just changing some habits.

CONCLUSION

The life of a night owl might look scary but, there’s nothing to worry about long term condition. It all depends on your efforts to change your lifestyle and bedtime routine. Having good sleep, relaxed muscles, free-mind, good vibes, healthy food, daily exercise, walk can help your body to reboot the system. Try to use less cellphone in darkness, through minimizing lights in night can help your sleep. Good luck!!