Insomnia is one of the most painful experience to people. I think a lot of women want to have a good sleep after an exhausting day. Unfortunately, many women are troubled by severe insomnia.

Insomnia refers to a series of sleep disorders such as the difficulty in falling asleep, easily waking up during the sleep, waking up early in the morning, poor sleep quality, reduced sleep time, and so on. Occasionally once or twice insomnia is normal, but if you are unable to sleep well frequently or for a long-term, then it is a kind of sickness. At this moment, you have to pay great attention to daily diet or even take medicine as early as possible, so as to alleviate the symptoms. Otherwise, long-term insomnia can cause mental breakdown and the function of the body will also decline.

Research has found out that, among the insomnia patients, the proportion of female patients is considerably higher than that of male patients. This is because insomnia is mainly caused by neurasthenia, while compared with men, women are more likely to suffer from neurasthenia. Neurasthenia is a kind of common neurological disease. Neurasthenia patients will have symptoms such as mental and physical weakness, fatigue, poor work efficiency, headache, sleep disorders, and so on.

Moreover, the unique physiological characteristic of female is also an important factor which makes women easily suffer from insomnia. For example, when women are before the menstrual period every month, the level of female hormone will increase, but the progesterone will decrease. This situation may often lead to the imbalance between sex hormones. This may affect women’s emotion and make them irritable and restless. In menstrual period, women may also have a sense of suppression in the chest, feel anxious and sad, and become sensitive to a variety of stimulations.

In addition, it also has something to do with women’s personality. If a woman is more introvert and sensible, then she would be more likely to suffer from insomnia. All of these are the reasons which make women more susceptible to insomnia than men.

In a word, insomnia is not a disease which may cause physical damage, but it will damage people’s mental health. As a result, we should pay great attention to insomnia. Don’t simply think that it is just a “sleep problem”, so there is nothing serious. If you have some insomnia symptoms, then you should be careful. You should pay special attention to daily diet, or even go to the doctor if it is necessary.