According to your description, you could
be experiencing a mild form of insomnia.
But I don’t see a problem if those
earplugs and face mask help you to fall
asleep. There could be many reasons for
insomnia or “light sleeping” in your
case:
1. Psychoactive drugs or stimulants,
including certain medication, herbs,
caffeine, cocaine, ephedrine,
amphetamines, methylphenidate, MDMA,
methamphetamine and modafinil;
2. Hormone shifts such as those that
precede menstruation and those during
menopause;
3. Psychological problems like fear,
stress, anxiety, emotional or mental
tension, work problems, financial stress,
unsatisfactory sex life;
4. Mental Disorders such as clinical
depression, bipolar disorder, general
anxiety disorder;
5. Disturbances of the circadian rhythm,
such as shift work and jet lag can cause
an inability to sleep at some times of the
day and excessive sleepiness at other
times of the day. Jet lag is observed in
people who travel through multiple time
zones, as the time relative to the rising
and setting of the sun no longer coincides
with the body's internal concept of it.
The insomnia experienced by shift workers
is also a circadian rhythm sleep disorder;
6. Certain neurological disorders, brain
lesions, or a history of Traumatic brain
injury;
7. Medical conditions such as
Hyperthyroidism and Wilson's syndrome;
8. Abuse of over-the counter or
prescription sleep aids can produce
"Rebound Insomnia";
9. Poor sleep hygiene;
10. Parasomnia, which includes a number of
disruptive sleep events including
nightmares, sleepwalking, violent behavior
while sleeping, and REM behavior disorder,
in which a person moves his/her physical
body in response to events within his/her
dreams;
11. A rare genetic condition can cause a
prion-based, permanent and eventually
fatal form of insomnia called fatal
familial insomnia.
You can consult a psychiatrist about your
condition.
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