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When conflicting sleep needs reflect deeper relationship incompatibilities

My partner and I have completely opposite sleep schedules and we're both miserable but neither wants to compromise because sleep is the only time we feel like ourselves.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sleep preferences have become a proxy battle for individual autonomy within the constraints of partnership.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sleep — the science and the practice across traditions?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.