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Is your personality ruining your sleep?

It's actually a thing, you know. - by Alex P
  • 30 Jan 2019
Is your personality ruining your sleep?
Is there anything worse than a bad night's sleep? Just because you've set aside eight hours to catch up on shut-eye, doesn't necessarily mean you'll doze off straight away. 

While it's no secret that mood or anxiety might play a part in a restless night, a new study has shed light on how your personality can affect the quality of your zzzs.

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According to a new paper published in Lancet Psychiatryonly, further evidence suggests that insomnia is linked to certain personality traits, with many linked to negative moods. 
Analysing 2224 patients suffering from insomnia between 2010 and 2016, a team of researchers from Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience found a link between insomnia and five personality types. 

The five different personalities are:

  • "Highly distressed” - people who are wired or anxious before bedtime while also prone to depression. 
  • “Moderately distressed, reward-sensitive” - again, they're wired before sleep, but aren't necessarily always having negative thoughts. They reported higher than average levels of insomnia due to stress 
  • “Moderately distressed, reward-insensitive” - unlike the second personality type, these people tend to be unhappy or pessimistic. Although, often in a negative mood, these personalities aren't as likely to have diagnosed depression as type 2. 
  • “Slightly distressed, high reactivity” - This personality is like to have insomnia because of life events - financial or relationship difficulties. Their troubles with insomnia also tend to last longer. 
  • “Slightly distressed, low reactivity”  - like type 4, this personality struggles because of life events, but they don't necessarily feel the effects as heavily. More likely to be diagnosed later in life and show high levels of demotivation. 
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According to sleep specialist Rafael Pelayo from the Stanford Sleep Medicine Centre, this is what researchers have believed for years. 

“People sleep best in states of serenity,” he explained in an interview with Health. “You sleep best when you feel safe, comfortable, and loved.”

Pelayo suggests that when you go to bed in a restless state, your body will stay awake, waiting for the troubles to pass.

“It goes into a mode of sleeping where it sleeps in spurts and gets as little sleep as possible,” he said. “And that’s what insomnia is—it’s this kind of survival mode of sleeping.”

It's a similar story with perfectionists. Often, their brains won't rest with any problems unsolved. 

“People who are perfectionists or have obsessive-compulsive disorder tend toward insomnia because they try to fix things, and you only fix things by staying awake,” he adds. “[Insomnia] can be a thinker's condition.”

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If you're struggling with shut-eye at night, it's important to address the problem. Insomnia is treatable, so check-in with your GP who can refer you to a sleep specialist. After all, who doesn't deserve a full eight hours?

This article originally appeared on Men's Health

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