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Having a good reason to get out of bed in the morning means you are more likely to sleep better at night with less sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome, reports a new Northwestern Medicine and Rush University Medical Center study based on older adults.
This is the first study to show having a purpose in life specifically results in fewer sleep disturbances and improved sleep quality and over a long period of time. Previous research showed having a purpose in life generally improves overall sleep when measured at a single point in time.
Although the participants in the study were older, researchers said the findings are likely applicable to the broader public.
"Helping people cultivate a purpose in life could be an effective drug-free strategy to improve sleep quality, particularly for a population that is facing more insomnia," said senior author Jason Ong, an associate professor of neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. "Purpose in life is something that can be cultivated and enhanced through mindfulness therapies."
The paper will be published in the journal Sleep Science and Practice.
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Journal Reference: Arlener D. Turner, Christine E. Smith, Jason C. Ong. Is purpose in life associated with less sleep disturbance in older adults? Sleep Science and Practice, 2017; 1 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s41606-017-0015-6
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @04:43PM (6 children)
That has been debunked. A study had people exercising and analyzed their performance. Regardless of their performance, the people who were told they exercised well had better sleep that night while the people who were told did a poor job didn't sleep as well. Sleep is highly affected by your state of mind. If you think something will hurt/help your sleep then it will regardless of if the specific activity or thing actually has any direct effect on sleep.
(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Tuesday July 18 2017, @05:55PM (3 children)
Just because state of mind is important doesn't mean that legitimate physical fatigue can't have an influence too. Sure, if you don't feel your exercise was productive, you might not sleep as well. But I'd bet a lot of money that if you do farmhand kind of manual labor for 10-12 hours in a day, you're going to sleep more soundly and deeply at least for much of the night.
Whether 30 or 60 minutes of "exercise" is significant enough to induce more heavy sleep is probably a more open question.
(Score: 2) by jcross on Tuesday July 18 2017, @08:29PM (2 children)
It doesn't necessarily disprove the point, though, since 10-12 hours of farmhand kind of manual labor is probably going to add up to something purposeful, and then we can't separate the accomplishment from the labor itself. Just as a thought experiment, imagine being forced to do some purposefully Sisyphean task all day at Gitmo. Seems plausible to me you might not sleep very well despite the exhaustion.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @09:34PM (1 child)
I edit Soylent posts for 10-12 hours daily and sleep like a freaking leopard.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 19 2017, @02:57PM
I mod them in the off hours hanging upside down. I sleep like a koala.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 18 2017, @09:30PM (1 child)
Who the fuck TELLS YOU you excercized well and you believe it over your own lying eyes?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 19 2017, @08:23PM
Scientists whi have electrodes connected to all of your joints, using motion capture cameras, and have you breathing into a machine while working out.