So THAT’S Why You Should Never Go To Bed Angry

Sleep may make it harder to forget bad thoughts.

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In a small study, men were less able to suppress a negative memory after they’d slept. 

The age-old advice to “never go to bed angry” is getting some support from new research.

Researchers found that men in the study were less able to suppress a negative memory after they slept than they were before they slept.

Normally, sleep helps people process information from the day and store it in their memory. The new finding suggests that this process of solidifying memories during sleep also makes it harder to suppress negative memories, which people may not want to recall.

7 Daytime Habits That Are Sabotaging Your Sleep

Do you face the sun each morning?

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The quality of our sleep actually has a lot to do with what we do all day long — including how much time we spend outside, how much time we spend staring at a screen and whether or not we smoke.

When it comes to getting a good night’s sleep, a few musts come to mind: a quiet room, comfortable bed and plenty of time. But research actually shows that what we do during the day can have as much effect on sleep as anything we do at night.

So if you’re having trouble drifting off even after revamping your night routine, see if these daytime mistakes are tripping you up:

1. You hit the snooze button.