Most people know that stress can affect their mood and how they think. It turns out that stress can have a big impact on sleep, both in the short and long term. In the short term, stress can lead to difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. In the long term, chronic stress can lead to insomnia. Stress is also known to worsen snoring and other sleep problems. When a person is stressed out, the hormones that regulate sleep—such as cortisol and adrenaline—rise. When these hormones rise too high, they can interfere with sleep by causing stress-related insomnia.
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