Source: Elizabeth Hopper, GREATER GOOD, 12/15/20


Disrupted routines and worries about coronavirus have made it harder for us to sleep this year. For example, reports suggest there was a 15% increase in prescriptions for sleep medications at the beginning of the pandemic in the U.S., and a 37% increase in insomnia in China. Importantly, if you’ve been feeling out of sorts over the past few months, the lack of sleep could be partly to blame. According to new research conducted before the pandemic, sleep deprivation dampens our enthusiasm about positive events, and makes it harder to find the silver linings when we’re under stress.

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