sleep disturbance
Troubled nighttime rest
Sleep disturbance is any disruption to normal sleep patterns—difficulty falling asleep, waking frequently, or sleeping too little or too much.
The term covers everything from occasional restlessness to chronic conditions like insomnia or sleep apnea.
Stress and anxiety are common causes of sleep disturbance.
Unlike a single bad night, sleep disturbance implies a recurring pattern affecting daily functioning.
- apneaTemporary cessation of respiration
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
- night terrorsFrightening partial-arousal episodes
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
anxiety · bipolar disorder · narcolepsy · racing thoughts · noise pollution · restless legs syndrome · tossing and turning · hyperarousal · shift work · late nights · rumination · panic attacks · night sweats · bruxism · depression · light exposure · jet lag · snoring
- depressionmajor depression, clinical depression, sadness, hopelessness, anhedonia
- mental symptomsanxiety, depression, paranoia, hallucination, delusion
- Psychiatric Symptomshallucinations, delusions, paranoia, psychosis, flat affect
- Brain InjuriesTBI, concussion, brain trauma, brain damage, traumatic brain injury
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
- Psychiatrydiagnosis, symptoms, treatment, medication, psychiatrist
sleep disturbancerestorative sleep
Slumber that repairs body and mind
peaceful sleep · deep sleep · good night's sleep · dreamless sleep · sleeping like a log