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“Feeling anxious? Go to bed earlier: Getting more sleep really can calm the mind,” reports the Mail Online.
However, if you’re more of a "glass half-empty" sort of person, the headline could have read “feeling anxious affects your sleep” – which is an equally valid interpretation of the same results.
A study of 100 university students has found that shorter sleep and delayed ability to get to sleep are associated with repeated negative thoughts (RNT). RNT are unwanted, unhelpful and distressing thoughts that are repeated over and over again, such as “my life is pointless”.
RNT can be a common problem in people with mental health issues such as generalised anxiety disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/12December/Pages/Lack-of-sleep-linked-to-negative-thinking.aspx
However, if you’re more of a "glass half-empty" sort of person, the headline could have read “feeling anxious affects your sleep” – which is an equally valid interpretation of the same results.
A study of 100 university students has found that shorter sleep and delayed ability to get to sleep are associated with repeated negative thoughts (RNT). RNT are unwanted, unhelpful and distressing thoughts that are repeated over and over again, such as “my life is pointless”.
RNT can be a common problem in people with mental health issues such as generalised anxiety disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/12December/Pages/Lack-of-sleep-linked-to-negative-thinking.aspx