Author: Michelle Liang
Michelle Liang blends her pharmacy roots with a passion for storytelling as a Healthcare Account Manager at Medical Channel Asia. By day, she collaborates with healthcare brands and professionals to craft meaningful content strategies. After hours, you’ll find her in the kitchen or winding down to her favourite jazz playlist.
Sleep is meant to be a time of rest, but for some people, the thought of going to sleep triggers stress or fear instead. If bedtime fills you with worry about whether you will fall asleep, stay asleep, or cope the next day, you may be experiencing sleep anxiety. Sleep anxiety refers to persistent fear or stress related to falling asleep or staying asleep. It commonly occurs alongside anxiety disorders and sleep problems such as insomnia. Over time, this can create a cycle in which anxiety disrupts sleep, and poor sleep worsens anxiety. Understanding why sleep anxiety happens can make…
If you struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep, CBT-I may help. This evidence-based sleep therapy treats insomnia by changing the thoughts and habits that keep you awake, offering a solution without long-term reliance on sleeping pills.
Acting out dreams during sleep can be more than a quirk. REM sleep behaviour disorder causes physical movements at night and may signal future neurological disease.
Sleep talking is common and often harmless, especially in children. But when does it signal something more?
Is my baby sleeping too much or too little? Baby sleep varies widely in the first year. Here is what normal sleep looks like by age, and when parents should be concerned.
Does your sleeping position affect pain, reflux, or breathing? Learn how side, back, and stomach sleeping impact sleep quality and health.
Snoring loudly or waking up exhausted? Sleep apnoea causes repeated breathing pauses during sleep and often goes unnoticed. Here is how to spot it and get the treatment you need.
Bad sleep happens. But when it becomes constant, it may be a sleep disorder. From insomnia to restless legs syndrome, here is what to watch for and when to seek help.
Drooling in your sleep is usually harmless, but frequent or heavy drooling can point to blocked breathing, reflux, or sleep apnoea.
Sleep paralysis is a common REM-related sleep disturbance that can create vivid hallucinations and intense fear. Here is how it works and how consistent sleep habits can reduce episodes. Imagine waking up and suddenly realising you can’t move or speak. You feel a weight on your chest or sense a presence standing nearby. It feels like a nightmare, except you are awake. For many, this is their first encounter with sleep paralysis. It is deeply unsettling, often described as one of the most frightening sleep experiences a person can have. However, the condition itself is harmless, and with the right…
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