Control your emotions, the key to better sleep!

According to a new study, people who have difficulty controlling their emotions increase the risk of insomnia.

“These results are important because, even if the extent of the effects is limited, they suggest that to teach emotional regulation strategies could possibly help prevent cases of insomnia and reduce the risk of chronic insomnia, ” says Markus Jansson Fröjmark, co-author of the study from theSwedish University of Örebro.

Researchers used 2333 adults living in Sweden. They made them fill out several questionnaires about emotions and insomnia. Participants were asked if they had difficulty controlling their impulses, if they were not listening to their emotions, if they had difficulty falling asleep or if they constantly woke up too early.

The consequences these disorders have on their daily lives were also discussed. After the initial analysis of the results, the researchers were not able to establish a link between the lack of ability to control emotions and insomnia.

However, after six months of performing follow-up questionnaires succeeding the first analysis, the results began to vary. Of the original study group, 1887 participants answered follow-up questionnaires six months later and 1795 a year and a half later. It shows that people who lost the ability to manage their emotions were more likely to suffer from insomnia, particularly chronic insomnia.

The analysis of this new data allowed researchers to make a similar conclusion to the relationship between regulating emotions and the risk of chronic insomnia.

This study was backed by the British Journal of Health Psychology. A recent experiment conducted at the University of North Umbria helped 73% of its participants end their insomnia after a one hour session of cognitive behavioral therapy. The people were treated within three months after the onset of their insomnia.

The team of researchers, whose results are published in the journal Sleep, recommends treating insomnia as quickly as possible, which helps prevent depression that often follows periods of chronic insomnia.

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