2. Anger is harmful to health.
Scientists have already established that the quality of sleep affects overall health. Sleep usually works like a “night therapy” that stabilizes our emotions so that we can better deal with our feelings the next day. But anger and intense stress can interfere with this process.
Negative emotions release stress hormones and make you more irritable, which can be accompanied by many troubling symptoms. In the long run, this can lead to insomnia, intermittent sleep, and nightmares, or in the worst-case scenario, psychological problems like depression.
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3. Bad feelings are harder to forget after sleeping.
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Researchers say we are less able to suppress a negative experience after sleeping than we were before. Sleep increases emotions, thoughts, and problems. When we sleep, our brain processes new information and stores it in our short and long-term memories. During sleep, anger penetrates our long-term memory and can have a lasting effect.
A bad experience is greatly reduced if we stay awake afterward while sleep “shields” the negative emotional response. If bad feelings become entrenched in your memory, it will be much more difficult to suppress them in the future.
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