Hi China Doll! Hope you are not too sleepy to read this! I was watching new BBC One Show and they are running an excercise in sleep patterns on the show. Apparently we all do not need as much sleep as we try to get and our deep sleep, which is only for about 3 to 4 hours a night is all we really need to completely refresh us. What they are trying in the test, is for someone to take cat naps of just half an hour at different times through the day and night, up to 5 or 6 a day I believe, which will give them the required hours needed. They are testing this because some people do this successfully all the time, espcially if their jobs i.e. firemen etc, depend on broken sleep patterns. It will be interesting to see how the tester gets on in this experiment. If nothing else, I hope this has reassured you that only getting 3 to 4 hours a night, is not as bad as you may have thought!
Cheers Sue