How well do good sleepers sleep?
In order to know whether or not we need to improve the sleep we’re getting, it can be helpful to know what getting good sleep might look like.
Good sleepers usually take less than 30 minutes to fall asleep at the beginning of the night and will wake up once or twice during the night.
In other words, it is unrealistic to expect to fall asleep immediately on getting into bed or to never wake up at all during the night. Even the best sleepers in the world don’t achieve this!
Also, everybody, even the best sleepers, will have a night now and then when it takes them a long time to get to sleep.
This is often triggered by a stressful event, or a change in environment or routine, and will usually pass after a night or two.
Similarly, everybody will have a night now and then when they find it difficult to get back to sleep after waking in the middle of the night.
Page last reviewed: 7 February, 2024