A change of season can leave us feeling thrown off kilter in all sorts of ways – and if you’ve noticed you haven’t been sleeping as well since autumn started to arrive, you really haven’t been imagining it.
According to GP Dr Hana Patel, our sleep really can be affected by the seasons, and right now our sleep cycles may be changing as we head towards winter.“During the winter, when the daylight hours are less than during summer, the brain is exposed to less light in the evenings – and this means that our body makes more melatonin (the sleep hormone), which affects us by making us feel tired,” Patel explains.
