Worriers of the world, is your repetitive negative thinking caused by lack of sleep?
Repetitive negative thinking occurs when a person compulsively lingers on thoughts and stimuli that are distressing and unhelpful, which often leads to a decreased quality of life and the emergence of mental health problems, tied to depression and anxiety, in particular.
Prof. Meredith E. Coles and Jacob A. Nota, both of whom are from the State University of New York at Binghamton, conducted a study that focused on the link between repetitive thoughts of moderate and high intensity — also referred to as “worry” and “rumination,” respectively — and an individual’s nightly sleep duration and habits.
Their findings have been reported in the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry.
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