{"id":5905,"date":"2015-06-21T23:46:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T23:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/natashaumer\/reasons-why-you-should-sleep-more"},"modified":"2015-06-21T23:46:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T23:46:16","slug":"5-things-you-didnt-know-about-americas-sleeping-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/5905","title":{"rendered":"5 Things You Didn’t Know About America’s Sleeping Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Urgh.<\/b> Stop reading this and take a damn siesta.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div id=\"buzz_sub_buzz\" class=\"c suplist_dec_up suplist_list_show \">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_image  buzz_superlist_item_wide image_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3698585_5143553\">\t\t\t<h2>Sleeping is really, really important.<\/h2>    \t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rubbable-container\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/3\/12\/enhanced\/webdr15\/anigif_enhanced-14467-1425403754-21_preview.gif\" width=\"625\" height=\"344\" style=\"width: 625px;height: 344px\" class=\"bf_dom\" alt=\"5 Things You Didn't Know About America's Sleeping Habits\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"animatedgifs button-rubbable bf_dom\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"print\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/3\/12\/enhanced\/webdr15\/anigif_original-14467-1425403755-24.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>View this image &rsaquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\">Disney \/ Via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/disney-sleep-ariel-ze2g5TPjL5wVa\">giphy.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub_buzz_desc_w_attr\">It&rsquo;s so important that the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) released this <a href=\"http:\/\/sleepfoundation.org\/sleep-polls-data\/2015-sleep-and-pain\">2015 poll<\/a> and this <a href=\"http:\/\/sleepfoundation.org\/sleep-polls-data\/2015-sleep-and-pain\">study<\/a> by Dr. Charles A. Czeisler about America&rsquo;s sleeping habits.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_image  buzz_superlist_item_wide image_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3698585_5115253\">\t\t\t<h2>\n<span class=\"buzz_superlist_number_inline\">1.<\/span> Sleeping is a HUGE problem in the United States. It’s so bad that roughly 30% of American workers sleep less than six hours a night, according to NSF.<\/h2>    \t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/13\/enhanced\/webdr01\/enhanced-21776-1425322612-11.jpg\" class=\"bf_dom\" width=\"625\" height=\"1472\" alt=\"Sleeping is a HUGE problem in the United States. It's so bad that roughly 30% of American workers sleep less than six hours a night, according to NSF.\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"print\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/13\/enhanced\/webdr01\/enhanced-21776-1425322612-11.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>View this image &rsaquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\">Jenny Chang \/ Via BuzzFeed<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub_buzz_desc_w_attr\">Not getting enough sleep can lead to a whole bunch of problems. Here&rsquo;s why: Sleeping keeps our brains healthy, according to Charles A. Czeisler&rsquo;s report in the <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sleephealthjournal.org\/article\/S2352-7218(14)00013-8\/fulltext\">Journal of the National Sleep Foundation.<\/a><\/i> <\/p>\n<p>Without a proper night&rsquo;s rest, you&rsquo;ll eat more and your memory and cognitive functions will become impaired. And you&rsquo;ll even have a higher chance of contracting some serious illnesses, like Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease and even some cancers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_image  buzz_superlist_item_wide image_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3698585_5132102\">\t\t\t<h2>\n<span class=\"buzz_superlist_number_inline\">2.<\/span> It’s even worse for people who work the night shift: Around 44% of American night-shift workers are sleep-deprived.<\/h2>    \t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rubbable-container\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/14\/enhanced\/webdr04\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-31536-1425323622-32_preview.gif\" width=\"625\" height=\"276\" style=\"width: 625px;height: 276px\" class=\"bf_dom\" alt=\"5 Things You Didn't Know About America's Sleeping Habits\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"animatedgifs button-rubbable bf_dom\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"print\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/14\/enhanced\/webdr04\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-31536-1425323622-32.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>View this image &rsaquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\">AMC \/ Via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/breaking-bad-i-made-this-thanks-obama-qpkm2CcDdB68M\">giphy.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub_buzz_desc_w_attr\">This is why the World Health Organization has labeled night-shift work as a possible carcinogen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_image  buzz_superlist_item_wide image_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3698585_5115374\">\t\t\t<h2>\n<span class=\"buzz_superlist_number_inline\">3.<\/span> Approximately 7.5 million Americans fall asleep at the wheel each month.<\/h2>    \t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rubbable-container\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/14\/enhanced\/webdr14\/anigif_enhanced-30382-1425325269-5_preview.gif\" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" style=\"width: 625px;height: 625px\" class=\"bf_dom\" alt=\"5 Things You Didn't Know About America's Sleeping Habits\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"animatedgifs button-rubbable bf_dom\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"print\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/14\/enhanced\/webdr14\/anigif_enhanced-30382-1425325269-5.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>View this image &rsaquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\">Fox \/ Via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/tired-the-simpsons-pXHYwpcew301q\">giphy.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub_buzz_desc_w_attr\">Unfortunately, this leads to about 6,400 deaths per year, writes Czeisler. That&rsquo;s a huge number, considering we talk much less about drowsy drivers than we do about drunk drivers. The numbers are not that different: Around 10,000 people die because of drunk drivers per year, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/responsibility.org\/drunk-driving\/drunk-driving-fatalities-national-statistics\">National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_image  buzz_superlist_item_wide image_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3698585_5115580\">\t\t\t<h2>\n<span class=\"buzz_superlist_number_inline\">4.<\/span> About 64% of Americans who experience chronic pain also suffer from sleep deprivation, according to the 2015 poll by NSF.<\/h2>    \t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rubbable-container\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/15\/enhanced\/webdr10\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-6348-1425328489-5_preview.gif\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" style=\"width: 625px;height: 351px\" class=\"bf_dom\" alt=\"5 Things You Didn't Know About America's Sleeping Habits\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"animatedgifs button-rubbable bf_dom\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"print\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/15\/enhanced\/webdr10\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-6348-1425328489-5.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>View this image &rsaquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\">\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/tired-rhoa-real-housewives-of-atlanta-TWBxuvIz0Sg1i\">giphy.com<\/a> \/ Via Bravo<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub_buzz_desc_w_attr\">And we&rsquo;re not talking about <i>The Machinist<\/i>-like crazy all-nighters. The participants were sleep-deprived by only about 40 minutes, which means they slept 6.7 hours instead of 7.3 hours. That may not seem like a lot of time, but it makes a huge difference. <\/p>\n<p>In fact, Czeisler writes that after just one week of sleep deprivation, your body has a harder time resisting infection, you&rsquo;ll become moody, and your glucose tolerance will decrease (which can lead to diabetes).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_image  buzz_superlist_item_wide image_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3698585_5115614\">\t\t\t<h2>\n<span class=\"buzz_superlist_number_inline\">5.<\/span> Healthy people sleep approximately 18–23 minutes longer than those who experience chronic pain.<\/h2>    \t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rubbable-container\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/15\/enhanced\/webdr12\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-13300-1425328964-5_preview.gif\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" style=\"width: 625px;height: 375px\" class=\"bf_dom\" alt=\"5 Things You Didn't Know About America's Sleeping Habits\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"animatedgifs button-rubbable bf_dom\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"print\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/15\/enhanced\/webdr12\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-13300-1425328964-5.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>View this image &rsaquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\">Chris Colfer \/ Via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/sleep-sleeping-chris-colfer-EGNCl1GpV1Q3e\">giphy.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sub_buzz_desc_w_attr\">Kristen Knutson, Sleep in America poll scholar, told BuzzFeed over email, though, &ldquo;This poll could not address the direction of effect.&rdquo; Knutson does mention, however, that getting 15&ndash;30 minutes more sleep per night could make a difference in how you feel. <\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re having trouble falling asleep, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/kellyoakes\/scientific-sleep-hacks#.us8nkvyJ4E\">these sleeping hacks<\/a> to help you get a good night&rsquo;s rest.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_image  buzz_superlist_item_wide image_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3698585_5131768\">\t\t\t<h2>Basically, this is how you feel after an all-nighter:<\/h2>    \t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rubbable-container\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/13\/enhanced\/webdr12\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-10509-1425322178-9_preview.gif\" width=\"625\" height=\"365\" style=\"width: 625px;height: 365px\" class=\"bf_dom\" alt=\"5 Things You Didn't Know About America's Sleeping Habits\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"animatedgifs button-rubbable bf_dom\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"print\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/13\/enhanced\/webdr12\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-10509-1425322178-9.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>View this image &rsaquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\">Disney \/ Via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/fangirling-dead-DxnY33pN8vACk\">giphy.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"buzz_superlist_item buzz_superlist_item_image  buzz_superlist_item_wide image_hit  \" id=\"superlist_3698585_5131726\">\t\t\t<h2>But this is you after you get a good night’s sleep.<\/h2>    \t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_content\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rubbable-container\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/13\/enhanced\/webdr05\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-17349-1425321813-19_preview.gif\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" style=\"width: 625px;height: 351px\" class=\"bf_dom\" alt=\"5 Things You Didn't Know About America's Sleeping Habits\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"animatedgifs button-rubbable bf_dom\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"print\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s3-ec.buzzfed.com\/static\/2015-03\/2\/13\/enhanced\/webdr05\/anigif_enhanced-buzz-17349-1425321813-19.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>View this image &rsaquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub_buzz_source_via buzz_attribution\">Beyonce\/Shepherd&rsquo;s Bush Empire \/ Via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/giphy.com\">giphy.com<\/a>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div><p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/natashaumer\/reasons-why-you-should-sleep-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/natashaumer\/reasons-why-you-should-sleep-more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urgh. Stop reading this and take a damn siesta. Sleeping is really, really important. View this image &rsaquo; Disney \/ Via giphy.com It&rsquo;s so important that the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) released this 2015 poll and this study by Dr. Charles A. Czeisler about America&rsquo;s sleeping habits. 1. Sleeping is a HUGE problem in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/5905\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">5 Things You Didn’t Know About America’s Sleeping Habits<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[2038,3257,3258,3259,490,3260,3261,3262,471,3263,3264,2307,3265,733],"class_list":["post-5905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anxiety","tag-work","tag-accidents","tag-americans","tag-bed","tag-cancer","tag-disease","tag-habits","tag-hacks","tag-health","tag-naps","tag-pain","tag-poll","tag-rest","tag-tips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/14348583855317-reasons-why-you-should-sleep-more-2-5441-1425409026-21_dblbig.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}