Why You Should Sleep With Your Cat: The Best Sleep Ever

18.07.2023 17:39

Despite the fact that sleeping with a cat has a lot of opponents, this type of rest also has significant advantages that simply cannot be ignored.

We'll tell you about the results of research, according to which you'll sleep even better if you take your pet into bed with you.

Firstly, it is worth recalling the magical effect of a cat’s purring on a person.

All you have to do is stroke your pet, and in response you will hear a pleasant rumble that will calm your thoughts and breathing, normalize your blood pressure and allow you to fall asleep faster.

Secondly, having a living creature nearby, even if it is a tiny kitten, gives its owner a sense of protection.

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Thanks to the warmth emanating from the fluffy one, a person will feel psychologically incomparably better, which means that nothing will disturb his sleep.

Thirdly, it has been proven that hugging and stroking a cat leads to the production of oxytocin, which is otherwise known as the hormone of happiness, in the human body.

Well, and fourthly, such a pleasant neighborhood makes it possible to fall asleep much faster. So if you hardly spend the 7-8 hours allotted for this purpose in sleep, constantly wake up in the middle of the night and have already racked your brains thinking about how to overcome insomnia, try to find a place in your bed for a cat.

Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Internet resource editor