An optimal sleep pattern is one in which you fall asleep within a short time of going to bed, have good-quality sleep and wake seldom and only briefly, if at all, during the night. Your sleep pattern is optimal when it is both efficient and regular. When you are asleep for the greater proportion of the time you spend in bed, the more efficient your sleep is. The more closely one night’s time in bed and time asleep resemble other nights’, the more regular your sleep is. To establish your optimal sleep pattern, you will reduce the amount of time you are in bed in order to increase the amount of
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