{"id":51337,"date":"2026-11-13T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T10:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/an-erratic-sleep-schedule-could-be-stressing-you-out\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T11:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T10:35:15","slug":"an-erratic-sleep-schedule-could-be-stressing-you-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/an-erratic-sleep-schedule-could-be-stressing-you-out\/","title":{"rendered":"An Erratic Sleep Schedule Could Be Stressing You Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The quality of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/insomnia\/relationship-between-insomnia-anxiety-depression-its-complicated\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/insomnia\/relationship-between-insomnia-anxiety-depression-its-complicated\/\" cmp-ltrk=\"Article Links\" cmp-ltrk-idx=\"0\" mrfobservableid=\"8c222f00-1b12-4fe1-b5c5-37c499f5daea\">sleep can have a big impact on mental health<\/a> \u2014 in more ways than you might realize. A new study suggests that the amount you sleep isn\u2019t the only thing that counts. Adults whose bedtimes and wake times shifted a lot from one day to the next had more symptoms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/depression\/guide\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/depression\/guide\/\" cmp-ltrk=\"Article Links\" cmp-ltrk-idx=\"1\" mrfobservableid=\"c6a289a2-3b11-4d9c-b88d-3a587990c142\">depression<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/anxiety\/guide\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/anxiety\/guide\/\" cmp-ltrk=\"Article Links\" cmp-ltrk-idx=\"2\" mrfobservableid=\"2c704a1b-0ffd-4a89-a7ab-f8d0e87b7677\">anxiety<\/a>, and were more likely to feel lonely than people who kept a more regular schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Consistent sleep and wake times help keep circadian rhythms aligned, says the study&#8217;s senior author,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucsf.edu\/ashley.mason\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/profiles.ucsf.edu\/ashley.mason\" cmp-ltrk=\"Article Links\" cmp-ltrk-idx=\"3\" mrfobservableid=\"97559143-35e3-43b0-896e-c05dc5656795\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ashley E. Mason, PhD,<\/a> an associate professor in residence in the psychiatry and behavioral sciences department at the University of California in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found that maintaining a regular sleep schedule \u2014 waking up at the same time each day and going to bed at the same time each night \u2014 was associated with better mental health,\u201d says Dr.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/mental-health\/erratic-sleep-schedule-may-be-bad-for-your-mental-health\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quality of your sleep can have a big impact on mental health \u2014 in more ways than you might realize. A new study suggests that the amount you sleep isn\u2019t the only thing that counts. Adults whose bedtimes and wake times shifted a lot from one day to the next had more symptoms of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":51338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[3255,36],"class_list":["post-51337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mixtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}