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Hard-core sleepers obsess over their snoozing stats

Hard-core sleepers obsess over their snoozing stats
Distress about sleep "performance" could cause some app and device users insomnia, a specialist sleep scientist has warned. (Image: Depositphotos)
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By Alexander SaeedyWhat if sleep isn’t just our body’s way to repair and re-energise but a game we are playing to win?Sound like a bad dream? Maybe. But for millions, chasing winks with the latest sleep-measuring technology has become a night-time sport, complete with sleep scores and strategies on how best to sack the competition. Some people are even, well, losing sleep about whether they are sleeping up to their full potential.Mike Skerrett, a 27-year-old television writer in Los Angeles, wears a Whoop band to track his...

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