{"id":36518,"date":"2025-07-30T17:58:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/the-tired-20s\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:07:35","slug":"the-tired-20s","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/the-tired-20s\/","title":{"rendered":"the tired 20’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

The news keeps rolling in about young adults and sleep\u2014and none of it is good.<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Sleep Foundation’s 2000 Sleep in America poll shows that 42% of adults ages 18-29 suffer from chronic sleep deprivation. According to the poll, the sleep deprivation is so severe that it rivals the notoriously sleep-deprived lives of shift workers.<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s the reason? “Too much to do,” report half the respondents. 52% report sacrificing sleep to “get more done,” while 55% acknowledge frequent late nights watching television and surfing the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Does sleepiness affect work, or put us at increased risk for injury or death? Yes again\u2014on all three counts. 20% of this age group admit to occasionally or frequently being late for work due to sleepiness, while 60% admit to driving drowsy.<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s the kicker? One in five young adults admits to having dosed off behind the wheel in the last year alone!<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s a lot of very<\/strong> tired high achievers, whose drive in the fast lane of life might just turn into a nightmare behind the wheel. The number one advice for this tired age group? Sleep before you drive, even if it’s only a twenty minute “power nap”, and don’t forget to drink (more?) caffeine when you’re on the road, to help keep alert.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you plan ahead, you’ll “Arrive Alive.”<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
For more information on this topic<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
American Sleep Apnea Association<\/span><\/a>
\nHelp for Snorers<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Recommended books on this topic<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All I Want Is a Good Night’s Sleep<\/em><\/span><\/a>
\nby Sonia Ancoli-Israel<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Desperately Seeking Snoozin’: The Insomnia Cure from Awake to Zzzzz<\/em><\/span><\/a>
\nby John Wiedman<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[3220,3255],"class_list":["post-36518","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-better-sleep","category-picks"],"acf":{"article_id":"1543"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/36518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}