Less sleep more blues

MISSING out on an sleep a night can depression.

The recommended amount of daily shut-eye is seven to nine hours.

Research involving more than 20,000 people found those sleeping six hours were 60 to 80 per cent more likely to feel restless, nervous, anxious and hopeless.

Researchers from Georgia Southern University in the US found that those who sleep less than five hours are three to four times more likely to suffer negative emotions, the journal Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research reported.

Pre-menopausal women are most at risk.

Those who miss out on sleep miss out on ‘housekeeping’ time used by the brain to process new memories and manage older ones. This can lead them to become fixated on repeated negative thoughts. hour’s cause