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- informalneologismuncountableInsomnia resulting from stress or anxiety brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
It could be that 'Coronasomnia' provided the necessary nudge for people to be more intentional about sleep, so that their longer-term practice is now better.
2021, Steven P. MacGregor, The Daily Reset: 366 Nudges to Move Your Life Forward, Sheepdog Press, →ISBN, page 1482 more examples
Most of the information sleep experts have on coronasomnia is anecdotal, but there is plenty of it. And a report from the National Institutes of Health highlighted a study early in the pandemic that “revealed very high rates of clinically significant insomnia” along with more acute stress, anxiety and depression.
2020 September 23, “COVID-19 is wrecking our sleep with coronasomnia – tips to fight back”, in UC Davis Health, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2023You've probably heard of “coronasomnia” by now (and maybe even experienced it). The sleep problem, a clever combination of the words corona and insomnia, has become quite common in my clinic since mid-2020 […]
2023, Abhinav Singh, Sleep to Heal: 7 Simple Steps to Better Sleep, Humanix Books, →ISBN, page 115
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