Bad morning mood from hormones

Bild på del av Revansch för morgontrötta i Må Bra 10/2013

Bad morning mood you may say. But sleep researcher Paul Jennum - in the Danish net magazine Videnskab (= science) - says its wrong. It has nothing to do with being in a bad mood.

Nor does it have to do with going to bed too late or lacking of self control.

Instead, hormones creates the problem. Cortisol levels are lower with these people than others. But a bit of peace and quiet, a walk or a bicyle ride to work increase the cortisol levels, and the day will has the potential to be a nice one again.

So if you wake up somewhat half dead tomorrow morning, you now know, it could be your cortisol being a bit low.


REFERENCE:
Carsall, Anna (2013). Revansch för morgontrötta. Må Bra 10/2013 (Swedish magazine, referring to the Danish net magazine Videskab)