Think about the last time you couldn’t sleep well. The next day, you might have felt that everything was harder. Your mood was lower, your patience grew thinner, and your thoughts less clear.
That wasn’t just in your head. Sleep affects how we feel, think, and function, and is more interconnected with our mental health than people assume.
This relationship goes both ways. Studies have linked poor sleep to depression and anxiety, yet for some, sleep problems may be the first sign that mental health is shifting.
In this episode, we break down what happens in the sleep-deprived brain, why emotions feel harder to regulate when we are tired, and why some people with depression sleep too much while others can’t sleep at all. We will also unpack where the sleep quantity matters more than timing, what broken sleep really means and what practical steps can genuinely improve our sleep.
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