Their waking life suffers.

他们清醒时的生活会因而受到损害。

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Remember if you’re spending most of your waking life in your office space, you may as well make it a nice place to be!

记住如果你花费大多数醒着的时间在办公室工作，那么你最好把它变成一个好待的地方。

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If so, then there is some aspect of your waking life that makes you feel trapped or claustrophobic.

如果你曾做过这样的梦，那是因为现实生活中的某些事物使你感觉被困或是幽闭恐惧。

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It was the worst day of my life - at the time - one during which, from waking with a hangover to rushing for a flight to Scotland, I felt a relentless march towards what, in my developing madness, I imagined was going to be my death.

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Obesity increases the chances of developing sleep apnea, a condition that combines choking and waking in an exhausting, sometimes life-threatening cycle.

NEWYORKER: Up All Night

Hordes of mid-life baby boomers ask themselves that very question, often upon waking at 3 in the morning.

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