At some point in our lives, all of us have had the experience of sharing the room or the bedroom with someone at night. Some of us continue to live with our partners, or even perhaps, our parents, in the same house.

During such time, do you recall getting easily get irritated when that person in your room or your house snores too loudly at night, or when the person you share your bed with pulls your blanket away? How long do you think you can let that nagging sense of mid-night irritation slide without bringing it up in a conversation? Or do you fear that if you bring up such topics you might upset your loved ones?

If you keep circling these questions in your mind, you are not alone. Bad sleeping habits have a great impact on our relationships and emotional quotation. The importance of sleep stretches beyond just restoring our energy or healing our bodies. Getting the right amount of sleep ensures our emotions are balanced and gives us the ability to think with a rational mind. On the other hand, bad sleeping habits hamper thinking and cognitive behavior, often setting a path for breakups and heartbreaks. To avoid this, we are here to list out some of the common effects of bad sleep on relationships, so you can learn to identify them at an early stage.

Common Effects of Bad Sleep on Relationships

• Without sleep, our emotions are all over the place. As a result, it is very easy to get irritable, grumpy and groggy throughout the day. This makes having even a simple conversation very difficult and almost never ends very well.
• Studies show that lack of sleep increases a lack of empathy towards others. Managing a successful relationship amidst a busy work life requires a stronghold on empathy towards each other. Failing which, you are likely to get into daily squabbles about trivial matters.
• Most importantly, studies have also shown that fewer hours of sleep lowers libido in women. So ladies, it’s time to switch off your late-night devices and get as much sleep as you can.
• You are tired all the time. People suffering from sleep disorders or chronic sleeplessness are all bound by one common effect - fatigue and tiredness. You cannot be a loving partner if you cannot summon the strength to have a decent conversation.
• Once your rational thinking is out of reach, it is also very easy to lose gratitude towards your loved ones. You easily forget what the other person does for you or you forget to notice those small things that make your partner happy. On the other hand, people who get wholesome sleep are always attentive to even the smallest needs of their partners, mainly because they are thankful for what they have and work towards keeping it that way.

Finally, sleep impairs decision-making ability. In any relationship, you need to make decisions on a daily basis to keep the life moving forward in a healthy manner. However, without adequate sleep, the brain fails to properly categorize information, making it difficult to judge right from wrong. Hence, sleeplessness gets in the way of making healthy relationship decisions and wrong choices.