Why we are so exhausted despite spending more time in bed

Americans have started sleeping more than any time in the last 20 years, says a new survey of the way we use time. But wait – a new Gallup poll says Americans are more stressed and sleeping less. Can both headlines be right?

During the pandemic, that data revealed a vast increase in the number of professional and office workers doing their jobs from home. And people who work from home sleep about 30 minutes later in the mornings and get more overall sleep, said economist Victor Vernon at SUNY Empire State. The work-from-home trend helped America’s average nightly sleep to increase by 10 minutes between 2019 and 2022. That accelerated a steady rise in sleep times that dates back to 2003.

And even more worrisome, the number getting less than five hours has increased to 20 per cent, up from about 15 per cent in previous years. Dr Mathias Basner, a sleep expert at the University of Pennsylvania, said increased use of fitness trackers is also making people aware of sleep problems they never knew they had. That is causing some to fall into a vicious sleeplessness circle.

Shift work often forces people to try to defy their bodies’ natural sleep cycles. Our sleep cycles depend not just on how long we’ve been up, but also on the time of day, said Dr Lok. For most people, night shifts, rotating shifts or unpredictable shifts are incompatible with the human circadian rhythm.

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