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Snoring Affects More Than Your Relationships

Primitive Instinct Theory:

     Present-day snorers are simply reenacting the primitive instinct of making ferocious noises

at night to protect their sleeping womenfolk by keeping dangerous animals at bay.

 

The Following advertisement appeared in a 

San Francisco News Paper:

 

“I Woke up at three o’clock this morning, wondering who was mowing our lawn.  Another time, I dreamed a tugboat was stuck in our bedroom, frantically signaling for help.  This has been going on for 15 years.  I can’t remember the last time I had a good night’s sleep.  When I threaten to go to another bedroom, my husband says he didn’t marry me to sleep alone.  I have begged him to see a doctor or try remedies I have heard about.  But he won’t.  He says, I snore. Can you help me?”
                                                                                                                       Frantic in Fresno

 

.... over 150,000 replies poured in.

 

¨Epidemiological studies suggest that:

 

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   Just over 40% of middle-aged Men and nearly 30% of middle-aged Women snore.

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    60% of Males and 40% of Females over the age of 60 snore.

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    75 million people in the U.S. suffer from snoring.

 

1983 Toronto Family Practice
Snoring Study Findings..

 

bullet¨86% Women said their Husbands snored.
bullet ¨52% Women said it troubled them.
bullet ¨57% Men said their Wives snored.
bullet ¨15% Men said it troubled them.
bullet ¨The majority of snorers were male, outnumbering the females 10 to 1.

 

Sleep Deprivation

Snoring leads to disrupted sleep for both yourself and your bed-partner.  This sleep disruption leads to daytime tiredness and inattentiveness.  A multitude of studies have demonstrated an increase in accidents, loss in productivity, mood swings, and health ailments in individuals deprived of a restful nights sleep.  With snoring, both bed-partners are susceptible to these problems.

 

"Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone."

Anthony Burgess Philosopher/Author

 

 

 
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