It has long been no secret that experiencing negative emotions is harmful not only for health. The influence of bad mood is still being investigated from all sides, and scientists are still finding something new. Studies conducted at the University of Amherst, Massachusetts, have shown that it is even worse to experience negative emotions right before going to bed.
Scientists have managed to fix the fact that a negative situation is processed by a person much faster if he continues to stay awake after an unpleasant story. If a person goes to bed after a negative experience, his negative emotional response seems to be protected by the brain. It turns out that you are fixated on an unpleasant situation and relive it over and over again, like in a nightmare.
Neurologists believe that such preservation of negativity and experiencing it once again has been preserved since those distant times in which a person's life depended on the speed of his reaction and legs, negative experiences in life-threatening situations were experienced again and stored in memory so that a person could avoid similar situations in the future.
But since we now live in a world that has changed significantly since then, going to bed with negative emotions is more harmful than useful. If we take into account that the pace of life has accelerated, the stressful situation has become much more and we began to bother because of a much larger number of less significant things, the last thing we need is stress during sleep.
Therefore, try not to go to bed with negative emotions, get rid of them as unnecessary junk. Listen to pleasant music before going to bed, read your favorite book or watch a nice movie. And even better, take a walk before going to bed or do yoga.
For complete relaxation, you can try Shavasana or the "Dead Pose" - a very interesting state when you are on the fine line between sleeping and waking.
Lie on the floor on your back, arms along your torso, palms up.
Mentally relax, starting with your feet (toes relaxed, feet relaxed, calves relaxed, etc.), and so, gradually passing through all organs and parts of the body, reach the relaxation of the face and eyes. In this position, you can lie for 10-15 minutes. After it, there is a pleasant feeling of emptiness in the head and lightness in the body ;).
Try to avoid negativity at least before going to bed and do not swear with people close to you. The resemblance to a constantly barking dog is not so pleasant, especially when you realize it yourself. Pleasant music, pleasant smells and a pleasant state before going to bed — experiencing such emotions in a dream is much more pleasant than negativity. And you will wake up refreshed, in a good mood, full of energy and ready for any situation.
