Why We Sleep with Matthew Walker PART 2 #27
Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
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The Importance of Sleep in Mental Health
Sleep has a profound story to tell in our understanding of mental illness. We have not been able to discover a single psychiatric condition in which sleep is normal. There's a deep brain center called the amygdala, which is one of the centerpiece regions for the generation of strong emotions. That part of the brain is up to 60% more reactive when you're sleep deprived relative to when you've had a good solid night of sleep. And I think on an intuitive level, most people recognize it when they haven't slept well.
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