Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

Take this free Quiz on Are You Getting Enough Sleep

From time to time you might read or have heard as a child growing up ? you must get your 8 hours of sleep each night. How do you rate? Take this quiz and find out. Click on the answer that applies to you most, and then read the answers below to see which type describes you best.

Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

It?s estimated that we spend about one third of our lives tucked up in bed, fast asleep. But if we lead busy lives where nothing ever seems to get done without involving us rushing in some way, a good night?s sleep is usually the first thing that suffers.

Take this quiz to work out if you are getting enough sleep at the moment, and then check your answers to see what group you fall into. Making sure you get plenty of rest often depends on getting your priorities right, and this quiz will help you identify how good you are at doing just that.

1. How many hours do you usually sleep at night?

I need eight, but I usually get seven
Whatever I can grab ? which is usually not enough
My optimum amount of sleep seems to be about seven to eight hours, so I make sure that?s what I get
I don?t know ? I always seem to get about six or seven though

2. Is your sleep pattern wildly different at the weekends to how it is during the week?

No, I always get seven to eight hours
I tend to sleep longer every weekend
I make sure I catch up for the lack of sleep I?ve had during the week
I sometimes go to bed later and have a lie in, but not a long one

3. Do you often fall asleep in front of the television and wake up late at night wondering what the time is?

Very rarely ? I think I did it once last year!
No, that?s never happened
Yes it happens from time to time. I watch television to relax and then I nod off
All the time ? I usually wake up in the early hours and then drag myself off to bed

4. Do you have a set time to go to bed each night?

Not really, but I?m generally in bed between ten and eleven on most nights
No, I just go to bed when I?m tired
No, I go to bed when I?ve done everything that needs doing
Yes, I?m usually tucked up by eleven with a good book. One chapter and I?m asleep

5. Do you normally fall asleep very quickly or do you find yourself staying awake for ages?

Depends what?s on my mind. Normally I?m okay but sometimes I don?t wind down properly
No, I?m asleep within ten to fifteen minutes of getting in bed
I get the occasional bad night but usually I drift off fairly quickly
Sometimes I?m shattered and I don?t even remember getting in bed. Other times I lay awake for ages

6. If you have things to do, do you often stay up late so you can get them all done?

Yes I do that, but I never stay up beyond midnight
Occasionally, but I try and get to bed around the same time each night
No, my bedtime is set in stone!
All the time

7. If you get less sleep one night do you try and get an earlier night the next night?

No ? I have too much to do
I try but I normally end up going to bed at the same sort of time as I always do
Yes, but it very rarely happens that I get a bad night anyway
I?d like to but it never happens

8. Do you always find it hard to concentrate during the day?

All the time
Sometimes, but it?s not due to lack of sleep!
Yes but it?s never bad enough to affect my work
Occasionally, especially during the afternoon

9. Do you always feel tired?

Yes but I manage
Yes ? I really struggle to get through the day at times
Not usually ? only on the odd day towards the end of the week from time to time
No, I feel pretty alert most days

10. Do you make the effort to get some fresh air and exercise during the day to help you sleep at night?

Sorry ? don?t have the time?
I do like to but I don?t always get the time
Yes I enjoy getting out at lunchtimes
What a nice idea?

11. Do you ever take a short nap during the day?

Sometimes if I?m at home, yes
Very rarely ? if I do it?s usually after Christmas dinner!
No, never
Whenever I get the chance, especially on the train home

12. Do you struggle to get up in the mornings?

Sometimes but I?m usually okay
No, I get up quite easily. Most of the time I wake up before the alarm goes off
Yes I hate getting up early
Yes ? every day

A good night?s sleep really does set you up for the day ahead, so make sure you do everything in your power to put sleep at the top of your ?to do? list every single day of your life.

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