Clinomania- Desire to stay in Bed

Clinomania

I am sure, nobody likes waking up early in the morning. Most people try their best to take an extra hour of sleep. But there are some people – we call them clinomaniacs – who find it impossible to get out of the bed. It’s a serious condition where no amount of sleep is good enough.
They think of, is getting another hour of sleep, even though they have slept for 12 or 13 hours already (a healthy adult requires just 7 to 8 hours of sleep). This condition – wherein a person finds it excruciatingly difficult to get out of bed in the morning- is called as clinomania, it is also referred as Dysania at times.

Clinomania is derived from the Greek words “clino”, which means bed and “mania”, which means addiction. Literally speaking, clinomania means “addiction to bed”. Clinomaniacs are people who suffer from this condition and they feel a strong need to be in bed, without any concern whatsoever to their responsibilities in the outside world. This can potentially lead to a host of health issues and personal problems.
Clinomania is a psychological or mental disorder. It is an anxiety disorder and is linked to other anxiety disorders such as depression and chronic fatigue syndrome. Clinomaniacs have an intense desire to escape from their personal and professional responsibilities and simply to sleep as much as they can.

Clinomaniacs can wake up easily enough, but they simply find it impossible to get out of bed.For sure, most of us feel like catching up an extra hour or two of sleep when we feel particularly lazy or tired. But Clinomania is not laziness: Clinomania is often mistaken as laziness, but Laziness and Clinomania are two different things. Clinomania is more of a medical condition where person has no control over his or her desires. where as laziness is nothing but lack of motivation and willingness to take up responsibility.

In clinomania person is willing to refrain himself from sleep but has no control over his or her desires. On the other hand lazy people consciously choose to rest and sleep over any other responsibilities. Clintomania tend to affect all aspects of day to day functioning and causes significant emotional disturbance whereas laziness have a little association with emotions.
It is purely an anxiety disorder. Clinomania is, however closely linked to depression. Not all clinomaniacs are affected by depression, but most people who have depression exhibit clinomania symptoms.

Clinomania Cure

There are a wide variety of treatments recommended for clinomania, which range from natural methods such as exercise and diet, to injection of chemicals such as serotonin. Anyone with clinomania symptoms should get themselves evaluated by an experienced psychologist.

There are many ways how to cure Clinomania or Dysania. Your psychologist can help but all that is too expensive. But don’t give up!1