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Divorce Detox: Sleep is one of our most precious resources during divorce. It’s vital to our health and well-being. During sleep, the body renews its energy, releases growth hormones and heals. Yet during divorce — a time of extreme stress — sleep is one of the first things to become irregular.

There are two types of disruptions: excessive sleeping and lack of sleep. It is not uncommon to experience both of them in the same period of time — and even alternate between not being able to sleep and sleeping what seems like all the time.

Everyone’s body reacts to stress in different ways, so it is not unusual to experience sleep disturbances during the transition of separation or divorce. Once you become aware that you are having sleeping irregularities, it is important that you get help and don’t let the problem get progressively worse: Chronic insomnia contributes to injury and illness and may have adverse effects on cognitive functioning, interpersonal relationships, concentration, the ability to handle stress and productivity.

via Sleeping through Divorce | momlogic.com.