In essence, the vicious circle that the brain and body are getting tired. Don't be trapped.
🧠 one of the vicious circles that afflicted his grandchildren.
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Some nights. You don't mean to think
But the brain won't let you stop thinking.
The more you try to sleep,
The more it feels like the idea is getting louder and louder.
It's like someone turned on the whole house when you wanted to turn off the lights and rest.
A lot of times, not we're the ones who can't let go of anything.
But it is that you may have anxiety.
Severe enough to create a cyclical cycle.
🔁 Beginning: Anxiety
Anxiety does not always come as a reason.
Sometimes it comes in the form of
"The feeling of insecurity comes up."
The part of the brain that detects danger.
like amygdala and BNST (bed nucleus of the stria terminalis).
Will interpret that.
It's not safe right now. Don't rest.
The result is
→ Digging around and worrying.
→ Repeat, Repeat, Repeat, Never Finish Thinking
⚡ From anxiety → Turn on stress response mode.
When the brain thinks "there is still a threat,"
It will turn on the response system immediately.
What happened was called
Stress response
The system that was opened was
▪️ The sympathetic nervous system.
▪️ brain wake center called locus ceruleus.
▪️ Stress hormone, cortisol.
The body was told that
Get up. Don't sleep.
🌙 Results: Insomnia.
In normal.
The brain will have a "wake-up" center.
It's called the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus.
But when the stress mode is turned on,
The VLPO will be restrained.
The result is
→ Hard sleep
→ Not deep asleep
→ Get up in the middle of the night
And the most brutal is
You're not just insomniac.
But you "want to rest, but the brain doesn't let you rest."
🔍 When insomnia → the more the brain thinks
Sleep deprivation makes the brain turn on the surveillance mode more easily.
ACC (anterior cingulate cortex)
Is an important part when fighting stress
Will start working more, longer.
▪️ back section (dACC)
→ Waiting for conflict
→ Keeping wrong about what's not done yet
Let Hippocampus dig up to think.
▪️ front end (rACC)
→ Let your thoughts flow without brakes
→ Can't stop thinking
Like the brain is asking you all night that
What if it gets worse?
What if you miss it?
What should I do? I can't fix it.
And can't fix it. What should I do?
If you fix it and miss it, go around.
🔄 The vicious circle is complete.
Can't sleep
→ The brain thinks there is a danger
→ Open stress mode
→ More anxious
→ More insomnia than before
This is no ordinary overthinking.
But it's a real painful neurobiological cycle.
And the people in this cycle
Not "think for yourself."
🤍 summary
If you feel that
✔️ tired of thinking nonstop.
✔️ want to rest, but the brain doesn't rest.
✔️ night is the most torturous moment.
Your brain is "trying to protect."
Turn on the overly careful mode.
It's time to take care of your mental health.
If you haven't seen a psychiatrist yet,
Is one of the very good solutions.
Because chronic sleep deprivation has enormous consequences.
Both psychiatric and physical.
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