Ep050: Sleep and Mental Health, A Healing Journey--Non's Story!

deepintosleep.co — Sleep and Mental Health— Non wels

with Dr. Yishan xu

TODAY’S GUEST

Nōn Wels, founder of the You, Me, Empathy podcast, a safe, stigma-free space for people to share their mental health stories. It’s been one of the most rewarding and life-changing experiences of his life.

In May 2020, he launched The Feely Human Collective—a space for all us, together, to celebrate our feelings, to grow our capacity for emotional insight, to engage in vulnerability without shame, to collaborate over a shared vision in a more feely world.

WHAT WILL WE LEARN

What is it like to live with mental disorders? Can you recover from it? Non shares his story, and his vision of building a safe space for others to battle with mental health stigma.

· What is it like to live with mental disorder?

· Are we able to recover from it?

· What is the connection between sleep and our mental health?

Sleep has an impact on our mental health. If we think we have sleep problems we tend to have more mental health issues, anxiety depression, aggression.

We must show empathy and acceptance for ourselves before we can show it to others. It is a skill that we must practice. It is not easy. Discomfort is where we will learn the most, we must be patient with ourselves.

An important part of empathy is letting go of ego and leading with heart. Don’t judgment or being defensive. We are all humans worthy of love and acceptance. Challenge your our own bias’. We all have them. Be willing to learn from a different perspective.

You are enough and not alone. Accept yourself, you are good, capable.

Healing can come from a variety of sources and no one way is correct for everyone. Some sources include:

· One on one or group therapy

· Expressing your feeling through art

· Educating yourself by reading book

· Talking with someone

RESOURCES

Find out more about Nōn Wels from his website.

Nōn’s Podcast “You, Me, Empathy: Sharing Our Mental Health Stories”

Nōn’s Free workshop

Nōn’s Instagram “Feely Human”, “You, Me, Empathy”

Nōn’s Facebook “Feely Human”，“You, Me, Empathy”

Find more about Dr. Yishan Xu’s CBT for insomnia (CBT-I) services in California.

Related research articles about sleep and mental health:

Barclay NL, Eley TC, Maughan B, Rowe R, Gregory AM. Associations between diurnal preference, sleep quality and externalizing behaviours: A behavioural genetic analysis. Psychol Med. 2011;41:1029–40. pmid:20836908
Lavigne JV, Arend R, Rosenbaum D, Smith A, Weissbluth M, Binns HJ, et al. Sleep and behavior problems among preschoolers. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1999;20:164–9. pmid:10393073
Ramsawh HJ, Stein MB, Belik S-L, Jacobi F, Sareen J. Relationship of anxiety disorders, sleep quality, and functional impairment in a community sample. J Psychiatr Res. Elsevier Ltd; 2009;43:926–33.
Reid GJ, Hong RY, Wade TJ. The relation between common sleep problems and emotional and behavioral problems among 2- and 3-year-olds in the context of known risk factors for psychopathology. J Sleep Res. 2009;18:49–59. pmid:19250175
Rotenberg, V. S., Indursky, P., Kayumov, L., Sirota, P., & Melamed, Y. (2000). The relationship between subjective sleep estimation and objective sleep variables in depressed patients. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 37(3), 291-297.
Sadeh A, Gruber R, Raviv A. Sleep, neurobehavioral functioning, and behavior problems in school-age children. Child Dev. 2002;73:405–17. pmid:11949899
Sandman, N., Valli, K., Kronholm, E., Vartiainen, E., Laatikainen, T., & Paunio, T. (2017). Nightmares as predictors of suicide: an extension study including war veterans. Scientific reports, 7, 44756.

Glozier N, Martiniuk A, Patton G, Ivers R, Li Q, Hickie I, et al. Short sleep duration in prevalent and persistent psychological distress in young adults: The DRIVE study. Sleep. 2010;33:1139–45. pmid:20857859

Reference articles about mental health and sleep:

Barclay NL, Eley TC, Maughan B, Rowe R, Gregory AM. Associations between diurnal preference, sleep quality and externalizing behaviours: A behavioural genetic analysis. Psychol Med. 2011;41:1029–40. pmid:20836908.

Lavigne JV, Arend R, Rosenbaum D, Smith A, Weissbluth M, Binns HJ, et al. Sleep and behavior problems among preschoolers. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1999;20:164–9. pmid:10393073.

Ramsawh HJ, Stein MB, Belik S-L, Jacobi F, Sareen J. Relationship of anxiety disorders, sleep quality, and functional impairment in a community sample. J Psychiatr Res. Elsevier Ltd; 2009;43:926–33.

Reid GJ, Hong RY, Wade TJ. The relation between common sleep problems and emotional and behavioral problems among 2- and 3-year-olds in the context of known risk factors for psychopathology. J Sleep Res. 2009;18:49–59. pmid:19250175.

Rotenberg, V. S., Indursky, P., Kayumov, L., Sirota, P., & Melamed, Y. (2000). The relationship between subjective sleep estimation and objective sleep variables in depressed patients. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 37(3), 291-297.

Sadeh A, Gruber R, Raviv A. Sleep, neurobehavioral functioning, and behavior problems in school-age children. Child Dev. 2002;73:405–17. pmid:11949899.