Inability to sleep 'linked to daytime activities'
Published: 24 August 2010
Daytime activities have more of an impact on sleep than people think.
Sleeplessness may have less to do with conditions during the night and more connections to daytime activities, an expert has suggested.Bad habits can have a particularly negative effect on sleep, noted Jacqueline M Brunshaw, director of the psychology department at the Cleveland Clinic Canada.
She indicated that eating too much junk food, for example, will make it difficult for the body to unwind at night, the Montreal Gazette reports.
Emotions also play a key role, not least because they distract the mind when it comes to heading to bed.
"You could be going to bed ruminating about who knows what - work stress, relationships, parenting ... the list is endless," the expert explained.
An article for the Daily Mail recently suggested that people who struggle to sleep may find their body clock is not set to the correct time, meaning they doze off later than others.
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