I Don’t Have Time for This: Women and the Interplay between Hypersomnia, Mental Health & Modern Life

Описание: At the #BeyondSleepy™ Webinar 2026, Anna Smitherman presents on "I Don’t Have Time for This: Women and the Interplay between Hypersomnia, Mental Health, and Modern Life."

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, this presentation discusses the unique experience and challenges of women with hypersomnia and the impact on mental health. Dr. Smitherman reviews what we already know about women’s mental health and the ways in which layering in hypersomnia exacerbates an already delicate and complex dynamic. ⁠
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Anna Smitherman is a Clinical Psychologist living with Idiopathic Hypersomnia. She graduated with her Ph.D. from The University of Alabama in 2014, pre-diagnosis, with a specialization in Health Psychology. She has worked for over 10 years with patients diagnosed with a diverse range of health concerns including sleep disorders. It was her professional expertise which enabled her to recognize her own symptoms and advocate for her assessment and diagnosis of OSA in 2016 at age 30 and IH at age 38. She has spent the last few years working on finding the best way to balance professional life while chasing after her two young children and finding the best ways to manage her IH. She is excited to finally have a few more “spoons” to spare to be able to be more involved with patient-advocacy and The Hypersomnia Foundation. ⁠

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