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Two “Unshocking” Theories on Why Many of Us Miss Out on Sleep
Luckily for you, I’ve got the perfect solution
I haven’t slept enough since I was a kid and I’m now 48.
Partly, it’s my hair’s fault — ridiculous. You can read about it here, if you want to.
But that’s only a small fraction of the problem.
Not everyone’s has a bad hair day every day, yet the epidemic of bad sleep affects millions across the world. 50 to 70 million of us.
Are you one of them?
Smart people conducted a survey in the UK. 8000 people participated. And the results? Well…they were shocking.
The Brits are sleeping no more than 5.9 hours of sleep per night. And only 36% of participants claimed they got quality sleep. Ouch!
What happened to the remaining 64%?
Were they party animals? Insomniacs? Did they suffer from sleep apnea?
Hardly. Not all of them, anyway.
But if we want theories, here’s one. Actually, two. Let’s start with parenting.
If you have kids, you can probably recall the moment your sleep left town.
It could’ve been at conception, halfway through your pregnancy, or at a later stage. But if you were lucky enough to…
