{"id":7110,"date":"2020-05-12T10:16:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T09:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/more-selfesteem.com\/?page_id=7110"},"modified":"2022-03-03T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:34:58","slug":"how-sleep-affects-self-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/more-selfesteem.com\/more-self-esteem\/self-confidence-tips-2\/self-confidence-and-optimism\/how-sleep-affects-self-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"How Sleep Affects your Self Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
If you\u2019re struggling with self-confidence and self-esteem issues, the source of the problem might be poor sleep. Over the course of twenty years writing on this website about self confidence and self esteem<\/a> I have discovered a great deal of research into how sleep affects self confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How does sleep affect self confidence? Lack of sleep affects self confidence negatively. Reasons include the difficulty of completing tasks when tired, which causes increased stress and frustration. Feeling less than one’s best, a lack of energy and poor concentration can also lead to lower self confidence because we doubt our ability to perform well.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It might sound obvious that sleep affects self confidence but to understand why is important if you want to fix this problem. For example, there may be reasons why you are experiencing a lack of sleep which may or may not be out of your control. In any case, correcting a poor sleeping pattern is not easy so you may some guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are many possible reasons why self confidence can drop, some of them are obvious and others not. If you are suffering from insomnia or other sleep disorders I sympathise! Again, I have experienced this too and I helped myself out of it. No sleeping tablets are necessary, I just worked to restore my sleeping pattern back to normal. More about you can improve your quality of sleep here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the next section, we will look more closely at four ways that you can improve your sleep pattern. This will not only help you with your self confidence<\/a>, but with general physical health too. Sleep is extremely important (see the importance of sleep on APA.org<\/a>), and is still not totally understood even by the experts. But we do know we cannot function for long without it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Never ignore your sleeping problems and get advice from a doctor if you need to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As we consider how sleep affects your self confidence, we need to think about four benefits of better quality sleep. More energy, better physical health, improved wellness and feeling better about how you look. If you can improve your sleep and benefit in these ways then you will also lower your stress levels, think more positively and be less likely to have body image issues. Your self esteem and confidence<\/a> will therefore also improve. <\/p>\n\n\n\nIs a lack of sleep causing your low self confidence?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Four Ways to Improve your Sleep and Boost your Self Confidence <\/h2>\n\n\n\n