Many people go to doctors with complaints of sleep disturbance. The reasons for this can be both certain diseases - for example, swelling of the hands caused by improper functioning of the arterial system - and psychological problems.. In the latter case, doctors often cannot name the source of the disorder with absolute certainty.. However, Liane Kurina of the University of Chicago has identified psychological causes that lead to restless sleep..

She believes that loneliness can significantly impair this vital process, leading to poor health during the waking period.. Together with her colleagues, Liane Kurina conducted a major study that involved 95 rural residents in South Dakota.. All participants were over 30 years old. It is important to note that they were a very close-knit society, so none of them suffered from social isolation.. In other words, everyone defined loneliness as they like, but not as the inability to communicate with other people..

Researchers handed out questionnaires to residents and then interviewed them to find out how much loneliness they felt.. They then examined them for sleep disorders.. It turned out that its duration was normal for all participants in the experiment.. However, it was noted that the most lonely people more often, up to five times, wake up at night.. " This feeling does not reduce the number of hours of sleep, it remains the same and, in general, within normal limits.. But the process itself is disrupted, it becomes intermittent, "

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