{"id":15264,"date":"2020-09-17T20:38:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T20:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=15264"},"modified":"2020-09-17T20:38:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T20:38:50","slug":"study-happiness-is-tied-to-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sleep\/study-happiness-is-tied-to-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Happiness Is Tied to Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bad night of sleep makes you irritable, cranky, and short-tempered. We all know this. But, a new study shows that lack of sleep actually takes joy out of your life.<\/p>\n<h3>Lack of sleep and happiness<\/h3>\n<p>When a person doesn\u2019t get enough sleep, things that should bring them joy \u2013 like spending time with their kids or taking a stroll through a park \u2013 become chores rather than pleasures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even minor night-to-night fluctuations in sleep duration can have consequences in how people respond to events in their daily lives,&#8221;\u00a0said psychologist Nancy Sin from The University of British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When people experience something positive, such as getting a hug or spending time in nature, they typically feel happier that day, but we found that when a person sleeps less than their usual amount, they don&#8217;t have as much of a boost in positive emotions from their positive events.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The results are fairly straightforward. You need sleep to enjoy life.<\/p>\n<h3>Lack of sleep is rampant<\/h3>\n<p>Before a worldwide pandemic become a reality, reports suggested that Americans weren\u2019t getting enough sleep. Up to 33% of adults report sleeping less than the recommended 7-9 hours each night.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a long list of reasons why people aren\u2019t getting enough sleep. From chronic health conditions and pandemic-induced stress to travel and shift work, there\u2019s a host of problems that keep people up at night.<\/p>\n<h3>Tips to prioritize sleep<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re one of the many people who aren\u2019t getting enough sleep, it\u2019s time to make some changes. It\u2019s time to prioritize sleep. While that sounds fairly easy, for most people, it\u2019s not. Still, here\u2019s a list of things to try to improve your quality of sleep:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to bed at the same time<\/li>\n<li>Exercise during the day to make sure your body is tired<\/li>\n<li>Limit screen time before bed<\/li>\n<li>Try melatonin to help relax your body<\/li>\n<li>Talk with your doctor if the problem persists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bad night of sleep makes you irritable, cranky, and short-tempered. We all know this. But, a new study shows that lack of sleep actually takes joy out of your life. Lack of sleep and happiness When a person doesn\u2019t get enough sleep, things that should bring them joy \u2013 like spending time with their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[692],"tags":[1238,693],"class_list":["post-15264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleep","tag-happiness","tag-sleep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}