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"Here&amp;#39;s something to consider as you scroll through your inbox right before you go to sleep: Your email-checking routine could heighten your daily stress levels, which has long-term health consequences.\nSurvey results soon to be presented at the British Psychological Society&amp;#39;s Division of Occupational Psychology annual conference indicate a concerning correlation between email habits and stress. Polling 2,000 U.K. residents in a variety of professions, Dr. Richard MacKinnon of the Future Work Centre found that people who checked their emails early in the morning and late at night were more stressed out, and those who used email the most felt the most pressure around it.\nPinterestFacebookThis could be a sign that you should cut back on checking your messages, especially considering that 62 percent of participants kept their inboxes open all day and nearly half had emails automatically sent through push notifications.\nA 2013 study, however, suggests that it&amp;#39;s the emails themselves that could be bending us out of shape. 92 percent of employees at a U.K. government agency said they felt frazzled when they received emails at work, especially those requiring an immediate response.\nIt makes sense that we experience anxiety around our work correspondences, given that they&amp;#39;re usually about something we need to do, often on a deadline. For many, that pressure is a necessary evil. But based on these results, the researchers emphasized that it&amp;#39;s important to take a break from time to time, especially before you go to sleep and right after you wake up, in the interest of preserving your mental health.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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