Brazilians are researching more and more about sleep – 09/12/2023 – Mental Health

Brazil and the world are increasingly searching for the terms “sleep” and “sleep”. In Brazil, queries increased by 130% in the last five years (from 2019 to 2023) compared to the previous period (2014 to 2018), according to exclusive data from Google Trends released this Tuesday (12). Worldwide, growth was 70% in the same period.

Searches for “too much sleep” or “excessive sleep” also broke a record in Brazil in 2023. According to the Google tool, “too much sleep, what could it be?” is the second most searched question about sleep in the country in the last year. “How to sleep quickly?” was the first on the list.

Other questions on the list also deal with sleeping position (for babies and pregnant women, including), the reason for sleeping and the ideal number of hours.

History, music, prayer, medicine and rain are the most searched terms in the query “…to sleep”. Last year, Brazil was the sixth country with the most interest in searching for melatonin.

Disorders such as depression and anxiety can change sleep patterns, causing difficulty sleeping. “During the day, when we are busiest, thoughts are structured in the prefrontal cortex of the brain, where the areas of judgment, planning and reason are located. When the cortex relaxes, it is directed to emotions. Consequently, the anxious thoughts that were dormant during the day and appear at night”, explains Monica Machado, psychologist and founder of Clínica Ame.C.

How to sleep better

The practice of sleep hygiene consists of a series of behaviors recommended by experts, which must be taken throughout the day, to sleep better at night.

Neuroscientist Andrei Mayer, professor at the Department of Physiological Sciences at UFSC (Federal University of Santa Catarina) and host of the podcast The brain’s fault, explains that this re-education includes some attitudes, such as exposing yourself more to natural light, avoiding drinking coffee after to 3 pm, exercise (at least an hour and a half before bed) and have dinner two hours before bed.

Click here and see all the sleep hygiene tips recommended by the neuroscientist.

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