What if adding 45 minutes of sleep to your nights were enough to be happier and less stressed?

What if adding 45 minutes of sleep to your nights were enough to be happier and less stressed?
What if it was enough to sleep three quarters of an hour more per night to be in better mood? This is in any case what a recent study conducted by the Baylor University in the United States reveals. According to researchers, this overtime period would in particular reinforce our gratitude and our resilience.

Irritability, concentration difficulties, fatigue, diurnal drowsiness … The deleterious effects of lack of sleep are well known. Conversely, sleeping a few more minutes per night – 46 to be precise – can be beneficial for mental health. According to a study by Baylor University in the United States, published in the Journal of Positive Psychologythis additional sleep time would clearly improve the feeling of general well-being, increasing personal development, gratitude, resilience and sociability. Deploring the fact that previous studies available on the subject focus exclusively on the negative effects of insomnia, scientists have decided to look at the benefits of a good night’s sleep. To do this, they followed 90 adults, distributed at random in two groups: one with late sleeping schedules and the other with early bedtime schedules.

Resilience, gratitude and fulfillment

As a result, they realized that the participants who were going to sleep earlier and benefited from 46 minutes of more sleep per night, woke up with a greater level of energy and better mood than those that were subjected to later bedtime. “”We found that people who have increased their sleep by 46 minutes per night ended up feeling more resilience, gratitude, satisfaction in life and meaning in life, “saidFFIRME Michael K. Scullin, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience and main author of the study.

Conversely, “those which have reduced their sleep by an average of 37 minutes per night experienced a drop in mood, resilience, development and gratitude “, Add the expert.

Therefore, a loss of sleep, however minimal, may have repercussions on mood. But that’s not all, sleeping more helps to have a clearer vision of your life and to be better armed to face the challenges that arise.

Keep good sleep hygiene

In general, remember that a sleep duration of 7 to 8 hours per night is recommended to maintain good physical and mental health. It is also advisable to get up and go to bed at fixed times, to create an environment conducive to sleep (temperature not exceeding 18 degrees, dark and calm room, comfortable bedding), ousting of the screens two hours before going to bed, limiting your consumption of stimulants (tea, coffee, alcohol) after 5 p.m. and establishing a relaxation ritual before going to bed.