Stay Up All Night Worrying About Your Sleep? You Could Have This Condition

We write a lot about sleep here at HuffPost UK, partly because so many Brits don’t get enough of it. 

We’ve covered the worst things to do if you wake up at 3am, as well as the best methods to help you nod off when your body doesn’t seem to want to. 

But can focusing too much on the perfect night’s kip actually be keeping you up at night?

According to consultant neurologist and sleep physician Dr Guy Leschziner, “orthsomnia” ― a fixation on ideal, flawless slumber ― might well backfire.