The Costs of Not Being Able to "Turn Off"

January 26, 2015
A Bloomberg article detailed a new study linking prolonged difficulty falling asleep with as much as a quadrupled risk in high blood pressure. Think of difficulty falling asleep as hyper vigilance, or a difficulty letting down your guard and winding down. Unfortunately, in today’s seemingly non-stop world many people experience hyper vigilance in their day to day lives, Chronically worrying about work responsibilities and pressures, family issues and dynamics, and trying to balance the many directions in which they can feel pulled. Learning how to “turn off” is a critical skill that is worth developing for your sleep, for your heart and for you and your loved ones in so many essential ways.
Check out the article here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-26/difficulty-falling-asleep-may-raise-blood-pressure-study-finds.html