Sleeping with someone you love is one of the great, gentle delights of life. It’s about sharing the calm moments when you are reflecting on the day, and enjoying just being around your partner, resting and happy together.
But what if your partner snores? Instead of drifting off calmly together, you’re lying there trying to get to sleep whilst they lie there, blissfully unconscious themselves, but making a noise that stops you from getting to sleep yourself.
Sounds familiar? If your partner snores, this may sound a little over-dramatic, but sleep deprivation from your partner’s snoring is an all-too-familiar situation for far too many.
A partner’s snoring can stop you from getting to sleep at night, and can also lead to you waking up during the night. These disruptions to sleep can, over time, have a considerable cumulative effect on a person’s quality of life. Remember, to get good, restful sleep you need to go through four-hour cycles of light sleep, then REM and deep sleep. If you’re constantly being interrupted and jolted out of that cycle, not only are you losing some time asleep, the sleep you’re getting won’t be as healthy.
The long-term consequences of this can be severe- high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and depression have all been linked to lack of sleep. What’s more, if the source of your discomfort and disturbance is your partner, this can cause problems in a relationship, and get in the way of intimacy, driving barriers between you. It can also be distressing to admit this to a loved one, and many partners of snorers suffer in silence.
If you snore, and your partner has mentioned it, shouldn’t you be doing something about it for their sake?
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