Sleep and Relationships -Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Encino, Tarzana, Chatsworth, Calabasas, Studio City
If you suffer a sleep disorder, there’s a good chance that it’s interfering with your relationships, romantic, personal and professional. Simply put, without sleep you’re not yourself. Your moods tend to become erratic and fragile; your ability to concentrate tends to suffer; and your ability to communicate becomes confounded in numerous ways. This all means that addressing your sleep disorder may be the first step toward addressing many other issues. Sometimes, successful treatment of a sleep disorder can make many aspects of your life much easier and your prospects for success much better.
We all face challenges in our professions. Oftentimes, they are stressful and there are few opportunities to rest between one and the next. Without proper sleep, your temper tends to become shorter, your thinking less rational and your energy much diminished. In our professional lives, this means that our co-workers are going to be dealing with our drama and picking up our slack. This is not anyone’s fault, of course. Sleep apnea and other disorders all lead to sleep deprivation. This can make anyone essentially incompetent and, where the interpersonal relationships required in the work world are concerned, this can lead to strain.
Personal relationships and romantic relationships are where sleep disorders tend to wreak the greatest havoc. While we may control our tempers around our co-workers out of professionalism, we tend to be short with our loved ones more easily; however unfortunate that may be. In personal relationships, you may find yourself losing your temper for truly petty reasons, saying things you immediately regret to partners or even children and having a hard time enjoying time with your family and friends. You may also find yourself unenthusiastic about being around the people you love most, simply because you’re too tired to work up the energy.
Romantic relationships can suffer on several fronts. Your libido may be severely diminished if you suffer sleep apnea. This can have obvious consequences. There’s far more complexity involved than that, however. Sharing a bed is one of the most important bonding experiences between partners and, if one of them happens to be snoring, choking, coughing and gasping for air all night, it can cause serious stress. Aside from obviously robbing your partner of sleep, they may be justifiably worried about you. Sleep apnea-related cessations in breathing can last as long as 2 minutes in some cases. If you think about how you’d feel if your partner was literally failing to breathe at regular intervals throughout the night, you’ll realize you’d be very worried for them.
Sleep apnea, fortunately, is a very treatable disorder. It is so prevalent because it remains largely undiagnosed. If you feel you may be suffering from this disorder, you may be seeing the symptoms in your relationships more than anywhere else. Your sleep physician, family doctor and your dentist can all provide more information about this condition. It can be life-threatening and you owe it to the ones you love, and who love you, to get checked out.
To learn more about Sleep Apnea treatments and to find out if they are right for you, contact Smile Studio LA at 818-788-1352 today for a free consultation!
