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Sleepless suffering in Germany - Sleep disorders are the new widespread disease
Worker without sleep
The best thing is still the official. Among them, "only" 3.7% suffer from sleep disorders. Among the employees, 8.8% are more than twice as likely, and the least sleepy are workers: 11.4% of them suffer from insomnia.
Anyone who does not sleep at night is overtired during the day. He suffers from chronic fatigue. (Africa Studio / fotolia.com) Sleepless in Schleswig-Holstein
In Schleswig-Holstein 113,000 people can hardly fall asleep at night, are tired during the day, feel constantly exhausted and find little regeneration even during sleep. The number of those affected is increasing rapidly, with the middle-aged to the elderly by almost a third - since 2010.
Easier sleep disorders increase
Light sleep disorders are also skyrocketing, with 37% in those 35-45 years in seven years.
Only one in four said they had a good night's sleep. In 2010 it was still every second.
No problem awareness?
Hardly anyone can be sick because of sleep disorders. Only one in every 20 employees worked for a doctor on account of sleep problems - in contrast to the widespread prevalence of complaints.
Afraid to be considered a "sissy"?
Are those affected afraid to be considered "whiny"? To work a lot and to sleep little in capitalism still has the reputation of doing something special.
Napoleon's alertness
Napoleon allegedly never slept more than four hours a night, because his plans left him no peace. He was not a role model: the conqueror probably suffered from an arsenic and had countless physical ailments.
Celebrities affected
More and more celebrities openly deal with their complaints: Johnny Depp and Lady Gaga, Elvis and Enimen - they all suffer and suffer from sleep problems.
The creativity trap
The psychologist Bernd Löwe explained the sleep disturbances in the entertainment industry as follows: "Irregular life change, night work, frequent change of location, alcohol at a late hour, that is risk behavior." Too little sleep can seem like intoxication.
Missing rhythm
Sleeping sick people in show business therefore lack a structured wake-sleep rhythm.
Neoliberal barbarism
But where does the high number of sleep disorders in workers come from? They have to work more and more and more "flexibly" - who does not push for underspired overtime, shifts and is available around the clock, has in the mercilessness of the neoliberal world of work, afraid to lose his job.
The thus expressed do not come to rest in the literal sense.
A trigger for diseases
Insomnia is a disease, but also a trigger for complications. Insomnia promotes hypertension, cardiac disorders, diseases of the metabolism and the psyche.
Mental illness
The number of those who report sick due to mental health problems has increased dramatically in recent years. Hang them together with the lack of sleep?
Psychic consequences
Long-term insomnia has not only physical, but also psychological consequences - for example, they can be the cause as well as the result of depression.
Mental causes
Insomnia is often associated with emotional needs. Many people can not sleep at night because they have existential fears.
multimedia
Today's media world also promotes sleep disorders. So chatting on the smartphone, Youtube and Facebook displaces the long and uninterrupted sleep.
24 hours a day you can always find something (more or less) interesting on the screen.
A vicious circle
When sleep disorders start, they often get worse. Bernd Löwe says: "There is a fixation on the sleep disorder. The self-observation - help, I am awake again, but I have to sleep - increases the inner turmoil, adrenaline is released, and you will find no sleep. "
Help for those affected
Anyone who suffers from sleep disorders can enlighten and share with fellow sufferers at: http://www.schlafgestoert.de/ (Dr. Utz Anhalt)