ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY

Are Bad Sleep Habits Ruining Your Marriage?

Deep sleep, REM sleep, and what they mean for your ability to self-regulate your emotions and reactions.

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Why can’t I control my temper better?

Is this a question you’ve asked yourself? Recently?

Yeah, me too.

Turns out that beyond the common aggravations of you know, global ecological collapse, pandemic viruses, politics, the economy, and systemic inequalities, there’s yet another thing that could be lurking at the root of your short fuse.

The difference is — this factor is one you can do a wee bit more to change for the better.

Sleep enough and sleep well. That’s it. It’s simple, but not easy advice to follow.

What does sleep have to do with my temper?

Dr. Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep, has a great series of short videos from TED that you can access on YouTube. The following 6 min clip goes into detail on the basic scientific principles.