Exploring the relationship between running and insomnia
Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that brings a lot of inconvenience and trouble to patients. When looking for treatments, many people are beginning to focus on the impact of exercise on improving sleep quality. Among them, regular running is highly regarded as a form of exercise. So, can regular running effectively treat insomnia? This article will explore this issue from a psychological perspective.
Running relieves anxiety and stress
Anxiety is one of the main factors leading to insomnia. Regular aerobic exercise such as running can promote the secretion of endorphins and other chemicals in the body and increase beta-endorphin levels in the brain. These substances have calming, tension-relieving, and anxiety-reducing properties. Participating in long-term exercise can also improve your physical health. Once your health is stable, it can also help reduce the stress caused by your living environment, work, etc.
Adjust the biological clock rhythm
The human biological clock is a natural rhythm system that regulates sleep and wakefulness. Due to the changes in modern society and changes in daily habits, many people have problems with insomnia. Regular running can help establish a regular exercise schedule and promote better adaptation to the biological clock rhythm. For example, doing aerobic exercise in the morning can send an early exercise signal to the brain, telling the body that it is time to wake up and start the day\'s activities. Performing aerobic exercise at night can release remaining energy and fully prepare you for falling asleep.
Increase the secretion of pleasure hormones
The pleasure produced by running comes from the release of chemicals such as dopamine in the neural pathways in the brain. In addition to boosting your overall mood state, these pleasure hormones have also been shown to have a positive impact on improving sleep. More importantly, long-term participation in running exercise can not only increase the secretion levels of pleasure hormones, but also actively help enhance memory, concentration and cognitive functions by forming new connections and reshaping neurons. These provide possible ways to improve insomnia.
Running and sleep quality
Regular exercise such as running can significantly improve sleep quality. The study found that physical exercise, through various mechanisms such as adjusting the autonomic nervous system, relaxing the body and mind, and producing pleasure hormones, caused most participants to experience significantly enhanced sleep effects during or after treatment. Especially for those who suffer from low mood and low energy due to long-term insomnia, which affects their daily life, running as an auxiliary treatment method is worth considering.
To summarize the above discussion, regular running has a positive effect on improving insomnia. It can promote better sleep quality and reduce falling asleep by releasing anxiety and stress, adjusting the biological clock rhythm and increasing the secretion of pleasure hormones.difficulty. However, please note that everyone is different and should seek the advice of a physician or professional counselor before starting any new exercise program. In addition, running combined with good sleep habits and a healthy lifestyle can help continuously improve insomnia problems and provide support for a healthier life.
