About a year into the pandemic, Marcela Rafea began waking up consistently at 3 a.m., her mind racing. She would creep out of bed and tiptoe into the living room where she was quietly active until 6 a.m., when she crawled back into bed and would sleep again until her youngest child woke her for the day at 7 a.m.
About a year into the pandemic, Marcela Rafea began waking up consistently at 3 a.m., her mind racing. She would creep out of bed and tiptoe into the living room where she was quietly active until 6 a.m., when she crawled back into bed and would sleep again until her youngest child woke her for the day at 7 a.m.
Sleeping through the night is standard these days - but this wasn’t always the case. A strange effect of the pandemic has seen a return to this segmented sleep pattern.