Fear may contribute to increased arousal once the lights are turned off at bedtime, study shows.
People with insomnia may not sleep well because they have an underlying fear of the dark, researchers suggested here at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
About 46 percent of subjects with insomnia reported they had a fear of the dark compared with 26 percent of good sleepers, said Taryn Moss Atlin, MS, a PhD student at Ryerson University, Toronto.
Poor sleepers also experienced ...
Continue Reading →FEB