Why better sleep means a better sex life | Sleeping With Science

Transcriber:

As my dear friend, Dr. Wendy Troxel often says,

譯者: Yi-Ping Cho (Marssi) 審譯者: Regina Chu

我的好友溫蒂・特羅克塞爾醫師常說：

“Sleep is the new sex.”

「睡眠是新的性。」

And she's right.

她說的沒錯。

A good night's sleep will do many things for the vibrancy,

一夜好眠會讓人精力充沛、 促進親密關係，

the intimacy, even the vitality of your relationship.

甚至能為你的感情注入活力。

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First, when couples are not getting enough sleep,

首先，如果伴侶之間有人沒睡飽，

they have more conflicts the next day.

隔天比較容易起衝突。

And furthermore, they don't resolve those conflicts nearly as well,

而且他們也不太願意解決衝突，

in part because of a loss of empathy between those two individuals.

部分是因為他們對彼此失去同理心。

Second, our reproductive hormones suffer,

第二，我們的生殖荷爾蒙會被影響，

which we know are critical for healthy sexual relationship.

我們都知道那是決定 性生活是否美滿的重要因素。

For example, young men who are sleeping just five hours a night for one week

例如，年輕男性 如果每晚只睡五小時長達一週，

will have a level of testosterone

睪固酮量

which is that of someone 10 years their senior.

大概跟大他十歲的人差不多。

In other words, a lack of sleep will age a man by a decade

換句話說，缺乏睡眠會讓男人老十歲，

when it comes to certain aspects of wellness and virility.

至少以健康和活力這兩方面來說沒錯。

And we see similar impairments in female reproductive health

我們還看到類似情況出現在 女性生殖健康受損，

caused by a lack of sleep.

也是因為缺乏睡眠。

Indeed, insufficient sleep

確實，睡眠不足

has been associated with impairments in estrogen, in luteinizing hormone

和雌激素、黃體激素減少有關，

and also in follicle stimulating hormone,

也和濾泡激素減少有關，

all of which are critical for female sexual health

這些對女性的性健康和生殖力

as well as fertility.

都有非常大的影響。

Third, we've discovered that for a woman,

第三，我們發現對女性來說，

just one hour of extra sleep

只要多睡一小時

is associated with a 14 percent increased likelihood

就增加了 14% 的可能性

of her wanting to be physically intimate with her partner.

讓她想和另一半有親密的肢體接觸。

So that's the impact of sleep on sex.

這就是睡眠對性的影響。

But it turns out that sex can also have an impact on sleep.

但其實性也可能影響睡眠。

We know that sex before bed, resulting in orgasm,

我們知道睡前發生性行為，達到高潮，

is associated with significant improvements in subjective sleep quality.

主觀感覺上會大大提升睡眠品質。

And we've even seen similar sleep associations with masturbation.

我們發現甚至自慰也會有類似效果。

So what does all of this tell us then?

所以這一切告訴我們什麼？

Well, sleep and sex are powerful and playful bedfellows.

嗯，睡眠和性 是很有影響力且有意思的夥伴。

Sleep is one of the very foundations

睡眠是快樂、滿足

of a happy, fulfilling and sexually vibrant relationship.

和性生活美滿的重要基礎。