BBC] Need a good night's sleep? Try changing how you think about it

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241014-need-a-good-nights-sleep-trying-changing-how-you-think-about-it

Need a good night's sleep? Try changing how you think about it

Our hectic modern lives can often leave us feeling sleep-deprived, but what if much of a good night's sleep was down to our state of mind?

sleep-deprived 수면이 부족한
be down to someone/something ~ 의 책임이다/때문에 생기다

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tossing and turning all night, unable to fall into the kind of rejuvenating slumber we all hope for.

slumber 수면

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To be clear, insomnia, and its potential risks, are very real. And no one would argue that, if you consistently feel tired, you shouldn't make whatever tweaks to your sleep that you can. But the idea that how we view a bad night's sleep could change how tired we feel is an intriguing, and potentially empowering, consideration. At best? It means you might be able to feel more awake without having to clock up more hours of shut-eye.

tweak 수정, 변경
intriguing 특이하거나 분명한 해답이 없어서) 아주 흥미로운
clock up 수나 양에) 이르다, 달하다
shut-eye 비격식) 잠

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In other words, the lack of sleep could be the cause of the problem, or it could be down to an underlying issue that keeps someone from sleeping well – people with respiratory problems, for example, often suffer poorer sleep.

underlying issue 근본적인 문제

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Believing there is only one "right" way to sleep isn't just, thus far, unfounded – it also can backfire.

thus far 지금까지는
backfire 역효과를 낳다

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They are also more alert towards sleep-related cues, such as watching the clock. All of these thoughts can increase arousal and anxiety at night, making sleep harder to attain.

cues 신호, 단서
arousal 각성, 자극
attain 많은 노력 끝에) 이루다, 획득하다

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It's the degree to which they latch on to it," he says. 

latch on 강한 관심을 갖고) 혹하다

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When Ong pointed out a day in his sleep diary where he'd logged five, the patient told him that it had been daylight savings, but he didn't realise it. 

daylight savings = DST = summer time

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Some research bears this out. In one study, for example, people with insomnia were given feedback that researchers told them was from sleep data on a smartwatch. Unbeknownst to the participants, the feedback was fake.

bear out 증거가 되다
unbeknownst to ~가 모르는 사이에

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Tang's research also suggests focusing on things that boost your mood in the morning could also go a long way towards improving your evaluation of how you slept.

boost one's mood ~의 기분을 좋게 하다.
go a long way toward ~에 크게 도움이 되다.