{"id":346,"date":"2019-02-05T14:06:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T14:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/?p=346"},"modified":"2021-12-12T16:22:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T16:22:10","slug":"losing-sleep-is-a-real-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"Why losing sleep is a real pain&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7221.jpg?resize=712%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7221.jpg?w=712&amp;ssl=1 712w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7221.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything somehow feels worse after a poor night&#8217;s sleep&#8230;including our aches and pains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New research by sleep experts Adam Krause and Matthew Walker from the University of California, Berkeley, has shown that the amplified pain we might feel after a restless night isn&#8217;t just all in our minds &#8211; but that lack of sleep can actually affect the brain&#8217;s pain management centres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an experiment, they tested the \u2018ouch\u2019 tolerance of a group of volunteers &#8211; once after the group had a good night&#8217;s sleep and once after they&#8217;d stayed up all night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result? Their sensitivity to pain increased markedly after the sleepless night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/brain-3168269__340.png?resize=507%2C306&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/brain-3168269__340.png?w=507&amp;ssl=1 507w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/brain-3168269__340.png?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s more, brain imaging showed a rise in activity in regions of the brain linked to pain sensitivity and less activity in regions linked to managing and relieving pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re having trouble sleeping, or suffer from insomnia, my book &#8211; <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Ways-Trick-Yourself-Sleep-Scientifically\/dp\/0349421803\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1537184539&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=222+ways+to+trick+yourself+to+sleep\">222 Ways To Trick Yourself to Sleep<\/a> <\/b>&#8211; has plenty of scientifically supported tips that might help you nod off easier and get that all-important shut-eye for optimum health. You can order it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Ways-Trick-Yourself-Sleep-Scientifically\/dp\/0349421803\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1537184539&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=222+ways+to+trick+yourself+to+sleep\">here<\/a> from Amazon or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/222-ways-to-trick-yourself-to-sleep\/kim-jones\/dr-sarah-brewer\/9780349421803\">here from Waterstones<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything somehow feels worse after a poor night&#8217;s sleep&#8230;including our aches and pains&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,6,1],"tags":[10,11],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-news","category-my-book-222-ways-to-trick-yourself-to-sleep","category-uncategorized","tag-insomnia","tag-sleep"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7221.jpg?fit=712%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGpsf-5A","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions\/362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kimjoneswrites.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}