STRUGGLING TO GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING? WHY ARE WE FEELING SO TIRED DURING LOCK-DOWN?
While you may be less active and spending more time in bed than ever since the coronavirus pandemic hit, people have been complaining about how exhausted they are.
But why is this? Lockdown for many of us is less stressful and busy, with no running around chauffeuring the kids to various activities and friends’ houses.
This feeling of tiredness is actually more likely to be mental rather than physical. Our lives have changed dramatically, and there is no escaping the changes and the thought of the consequences of how our lives and businesses or jobs will recover after all this is over. It´s constantly on our minds.
“There’s the possibility that the brain can only hold so much emotional information, and sleep helps clear some space and help figure out which daily experiences need to be put in long-term memory storage and what can be discarded,” Aric Prather (an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Weill Institute for Neurosciences at the University of California, San Francisco.
If you are feeling sluggish in the morning and can´t wake up feeling fresh and ready to take the day on, here is a good tip from Essential Oil Practitioner, Coral Gonzalez @laplantasabia
Peppermint or grapefruit oils are excellent to help you wake up and feel good. Simply add a couple of drops on a flannel or sponge and enjoy in the shower. You can mix them, or use them singularly. A fantastic way to start your day.
Of course, there are other reasons at this time why you might not want to get out of bed in the morning. The notion that the world may witness a coronavirus “baby boom” in nine months’ time is not as far-fetched as it may seem.
In the past, enforced lock-downs have meant an increase in the birth rate nine months down the line. So could we be facing a coronavirus baby boom at the end of the year? A piece of research from London School of Economics shows that a nationwide blackout in Colombia in the early 1990s led to a slew of unplanned births—if people being stuck at home in the dark caused more pregnancies, then being stuck at home in a lock-down could have a similar effect.
But as the Covid-19 crisis continues, the world may face a bigger issue when it comes to sex. Karex, the world’s largest producer of condoms, recently had to shut down its three factories in Malaysia for 10 days while waiting for government approval to continue running as an essential service. Even after it was allowed to continue operating, factories were only able to operate at 50 percent capacity.
That’s already a shortfall of 100 million condoms, normally marketed internationally by brands such as Durex, supplied to state healthcare systems such as the NHS or distributed by aid programs such as the UN Population Fund.
Karex, the world’s largest producer of condoms,
Other problems being faced in the UK at the moment is with regard to contraceptives. This issue is being tackled by the UK’s first private health care nurse-led service which includes:
– an online video consultation, contraception prescription & delivery, service.
The team is made up of qualified nurse practitioners & sexual health experts, AND a husband & wife online pharmacy service.
If you are struggling to make an appointment for a repeat prescription of your contraception, or if you are under total isolation and unable to get to the chemist, contraceptiveserviceonline will be able to help.
Due to the corona virus crisis many GP surgery’s and sexual health clinics are closed or are operating with reduced hours.
This online service is easily accessible and available to all women throughout the UK who need advice and #contraception at this uncertain time. The aim is to meet the needs of those who are now at risk of unwanted pregnancy or who can no longer obtain the contraception they require, when they need it.
They will keep you to safe and secure in the knowledge you have the right contraception, with the best advice from a qualified health care professional.
Please know that whilst you are unable to visit your GP or sexual health clinic, you are still able to speak with a nurse face to face with our online service #NursesDoItBest
The Contraceptive Service Online is a private health care facility which is CQC registered and compliant with guidance issued by NHS England, will continue to operate for as long as needed.