Sleep anxiety: why the fear of being tired is stopping us from getting to sleep

In our younger, wilder days, we could go out ’till 4am, get four hours kip and be up and ready for lectures without so much as a slight headache.

But as get further into our 20s and responsibilties start to pile up, getting a good amount of quality sleep starts to become ever more important.

How many times a week do you turn up to work, only to immediately tell your colleagues just how tired you are?

How many of us wake up every morning wishing that we’d had another couple of hours?

Loads of us aren’t getting enough good quality sleep.

In fact, more than 50% of Brits don’t even get six hours a night.

And then there are those of us who have sleep anxiety – who are constantly worrying about getting enough sleep and working ourselves into a state where, although we’re in bed, we can’t stay asleep.

I have been suffering from interrupted sleep for over a year.

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from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2017/11/05/sleep-anxiety-why-the-fear-of-being-tired-is-stopping-us-from-getting-to-sleep-7054653/
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