Not So Sleepless in America

Written by Pat's Papers | Tuesday, 23 March 2010 6:29 AM

I’m often asked how I can drag myself out of bed at three in the morning each day. The simple answer is that I make sure to get enough sleep and insist on a daily nap. People sometimes seem disappointed when I don’t offer a strategy for surviving on two hours of sleep. Why? Well, according to an opinion piece in USA Today, Americans aren’t as sleepless as they claim. While research shows that we get about eight hours a night, when asked about their sleep patterns most people only cop to six. Writer Laura Vanderkam says it could be brainwashing from pharmaceutical companies, who are trying to push sleeping aids or it could be the “old perception that sleep is maybe a waste of time.”

Click here for data from the National Sleep Foundation’s annual poll

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