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Do you suffer from revenge sleep procrastination? Here's how to check if you do – and how to stop it

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Revenge sleep procrastination is used to describe people who stay up late even when they’re tired and need to sleep. (Photo: Getty Images/Gallo Images)
Revenge sleep procrastination is used to describe people who stay up late even when they’re tired and need to sleep. (Photo: Getty Images/Gallo Images)

Your spouse is asleep, the kids are in dreamland, the work emails have finally stopped, and you’re in a state of bliss. Then, halfway into midnight binge session, Netflix interrupts to ask, “Are you still watching?”

Yes, thank you, Netflix, of course we’re still watching.

And yes, we know it’s 1.30am and we must be up for the school run in a few hours. But really, when else are we going to have any me-time?

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