Painsomnia: 85 per cent of people are losing at least two hours sleep a night due to this

As if we needed more things keeping us awake at night, it turns out a staggering number of people are losing at least two hours of sleep a night due to pain.

According to a recent Sleep Foundation survey, the condition loosely known as painsomnia, or insomnia from chronic pain, 94.8 per cent of respondents said they have lost at least an hour of sleep to pain in total over the past week.

But a large majority (85.1 per cent) of adults say they have lost at least two hours of sleep to pain each night.

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"Pain does not have to be extreme to keep us awake," Sleep Foundation's Dr. Alex Dimitriu said.

"Even milder forms of pain can result in varying degrees of insomnia, resulting in trouble falling or staying asleep."

On average, respondents said they are losing six hours of sleep per week to pain, and adults who have pain average 6.7 hours of sleep per night, which is below the recommended seven to nine hours.

When it comes to the types of pain keeping people awake; 56 per cent of people lost sleep due to back pain, 41 per cent having neck pain, and 32 per cent having head pain.

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It comes after a doctor recently shared the insomnia advice that worked for him, admitting he was initially dismissive of the trick.

Dr Karan Raj, who shares content on TikTok, said he was struggling with sleep for years when he came across the hack and decided to give it a go.

"Basically, you tell yourself, 'I'm not going to sleep' and you stay awake. You don't read a book and you don't go on your phone, no TV, nothing. You just lie in bed [with your] eyes open," he explained, calling the process 'paradoxical intention'.

"You're forcing yourself to stay awake, tell yourself, 'Don't go to sleep'. In many cases, you will feel tired and fall asleep. That worked for me."