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Strong Women
“How little sleep can I get away with before it starts to have a detrimental effect on my mental health?”
3 years ago
1 min read
Never get to bed before midnight? We ask the experts if we’re more resilient to sleep deprivation than we think.
In an ideal world, we’d be in bed by 10pm after unwinding for an hour with a good book and a cup of tea. In reality, we’re getting home from post-work plans and making dinner at 9.45pm, before crawling into bed on a full stomach and waking up to go again at 6.30am the next morning.
Most of us would argue that we never get enough sleep. But when we talk about sleep deprivation, do we just mean we’re tired or is only getting six hours’ kip a night actually having a detrimental effect on our mental and physical health?
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