Why we are so exhausted despite spending more time in bed
Worrying about sleep can be a problem in itself.
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Since the Covid-19 pandemic, people have become less satisfied with the quality and quantity of sleep they're getting.
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F.D. Flam
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?
A closer look shows that the Covid-19 pandemic precipitated a seismic shift in time use for some Americans, but it did not change a longstanding national sleep problem. The people with the most gruelling, sleep-killing jobs did not reap any of the post-pandemic sleep bonus. Others are spending more time in bed, but tossing and turning.
