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Is it normal for people to have not enough sleep all the time?

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No, but...: In an ideal life, everyone would get enough sleep every night. That's the ideal "normal". We can still call it "normal" if people don'g get enough sleep some of the time, if that's the case in our society.

Answered 12/9/2013

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