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?

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
I need eight, but I usually get seven
Whatever I can grab ? which is usually not enough

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 sometimes go to bed later and have a lie in, but not a long one
I make sure I catch up for the lack of sleep I?ve had during the week

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
All the time ? I usually wake up in the early hours and then drag myself off to bed
Yes it happens from time to time. I watch television to relax and then I nod off

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
Yes, I?m usually tucked up by eleven with a good book. One chapter and I?m asleep
No, I go to bed when I?ve done everything that needs doing
No, I just go to bed when I?m tired

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

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

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

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

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?d like to but it never happens
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

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

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

9. Do you always feel tired?

No, I feel pretty alert most days
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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