Sleeping well for an entire night, without waking up once, seems to be a surprisingly rare thing, but it\u2019s actually what\u2019s required if you\u2019re to be entirely productive \u2013 without feeling tired \u2013 the next day.<\/p>\n
Many people think that simply going to bed at the right time guarantees them a good night\u2019s sleep, only to then wake up \u2013 more often than not \u2013 between 3:00am and 5:00am. Sometimes this can cause problems, particularly when someone finds it difficult to return to sleep.<\/p>\n
The fact that most people wake up during this window isn\u2019t coincidence, however, nor is down to bad luck. It turns out, there\u2019s a significance to the trend \u2026<\/p>\n
The hours between 3:00am and 5:00am are sometimes referred to as the hour of the wolf, after Swedish director Ingmar Bergman\u2019s psychological horror[film of the same name.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe hour between night and dawn \u2026 when most people die, sleep is deepest, nightmares are most real. It is the hour when the sleepless are haunted by their worst anguish, when ghosts and demons are most powerful. The hour of the wolf is also the hour when most babies are born,\u201d Bergman explained.<\/p>\n
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