Falling asleep instantly can be a sneaky sign of sleep deprivation, according to sleep doctors.

Here’s how to know if that’s the case.

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But, according to sleep doctors, falling asleepinstantlyisnt always a totally innocuous blessing.

Sleep latency ranges, but in healthy sleepers, it is somewhere between 15 and 30 minutes.

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assistant professor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and associate scientist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital

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You might be a particularly effective stress-manager.

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