A short history of insomnia and how we became obsessed with sleep
- Written by: Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women's Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
ShutterstockThis article is the first in The Conversation’s six-part series on insomnia, which charts the rise of insomnia during industrialisation to sleep apps today.
French author Marie Darrieussecq writes in her 2023 memoir Sleepless:
The world is divided into those who can sleep and those who can’t.
It’s a big call. But...
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