Most of the time, when we can't sleep, it's because we review the things in our head: work, our children, debt, tests, money, health, relationships, etc. When we try and get into bed, we try to find the calm we desire, but that calm cannot be found ... until we remember God.
A study recently published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JSSR) has shown that strong faith can be the key to deep sleep, and a good life, which makes it a quiet and sleepy night.
Sleep quality is better
The researchers found that people with "definite attachment to God" and "subjective certainty in personal safety" tended to fall asleep faster, sleep longer and feel more rested in the morning.
The study, entitled "Sleep Quality and the Tension Role in Religious Participation": an analysis of mediation mediated by sociologists from the University of Texas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Arizona and Baylor. University
Terrence D. Hill, associate professor of the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona and co-author of the study, said the results of this interdisciplinary study were not surprising.
In a Church Times article, he said that "if you think there is a higher power that takes care of you, then what you experience now is temporary." Therefore, according to this study, keeping certain religious beliefs firmly can help. People must feel less stress and anxiety and more hope in facing a difficult or traumatic event, which results in less sadness and a better mood. All of this contributes to better sleep.
Silver bullets fight stress.
The main author of this study is Christopher G. Ellison, professor of sociology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This study, he explained, shows that religion can indirectly improve the quality of sleep by protecting people from risk factors for insomnia, such as stress.
According to the National Sleep Foundation, people with insomnia tend to feel too stressed when they go to bed. They have difficulty falling asleep because they cannot stop thinking about their worries and frustrations. Your psychological stress causes muscle tension. They are not peaceful, and your heart rate increases, which also increases physical tension and fatigue.
Religion can help overcome this tension by regularly bringing together people who share the same beliefs.
"This joint activity tends to build solidarity among religious people and contribute to a sense of shared meaning and purpose." Interaction with fellow believers can, therefore, improve cognition and positive emotions, thereby diverting attention from personal problems and challenges, "said the research report. "In addition, church-based support can promote the use of positive religious coping practices." In short, the help of believers is given to each other and the positive attitude they face in life helps them to be entertained and avoid insomnia.
"For all these reasons, it makes sense that regular parishioners experience less anxiety as a result of negative life events and, ultimately, better sleep quality," the study authors concluded.
omunitas, solidarity, prayer.
However, this study found that people do not need to be part of the religious community to experience reduced stress. Non-organizational religious practices, such as reading the scriptures, praying and meditating, can also reduce stress and make it easier to sleep well, provided that the person feels safe in his relationship with God and in his belief in his own spiritual salvation. after death.
"Believers may not be able to understand why misfortune has fallen, but nevertheless they can sleep better at night knowing that the universe is under the supervision of the gods who, in the end, are still very concerned about welfare. The world and its inhabitants," the researchers said.
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