Last night I slept really well but today I have spent the whole day feeling tired. On the other hand, I sometimes have a poor night’s sleep and I am just fine the next day. How can this be?
• Your brain may have slept well last night, but did your body get adequate rest, especially if you went to bed tense with worry? In her book Stress and Relaxation, Jane Madders talks of people who go to sleep so keyed up, with their jaws and fists clenched tightly, that it’s no wonder they wake up exhausted.
Studies looking at the…
