I filmed myself sleeping for 7 nights – I have problems

We do some weird things when we’re asleep. One third of our lives is spent in this unconscious state where we’re unaware of our own actions.

I have never slept well, so I decided to film myself sleeping for seven nights to try and understand why. What I discovered makes me feel like I don’t myself anymore.

During the first night of my sleep experiment, I discover that I have not one, but two sleep disorders. How can I have lived 45 years of my life without knowing this?

I recently got two rag doll cats who you will meet in the video – Mrs Purple and Paddington. They are indoor cats and they are lovely. But this makes night times hard. I leave the cats to freely roam around my bedroom, but this inevitably disturbs my sleep. If I leave the cats outside my bedroom, they scratch at the door and this makes sleeping harder.

Over the course of seven nights, I learn all about the weird intricacies of my sleep behaviour. It would seem as if I have some very strange nocturnal behaviour, including excessive twitching, moving and changing position. The average person changes sleeping position 12 times during the night. It turns out I am far from average.