With the country reopening and many people returning to work, some may be finding it difficult to get back into their normal sleep routine.
Between working from home, new eating habits and changes in exercise routines, the last few months have seen many of us experience major changes to our daily lives.
Dr Neil Stanley, sleep expert & author of How To Sleep Well, spoke to The Hard Shoulder and offered some tips on how to get a good night's sleep again.
He explained: "However unconscious we are, our lives are pretty much controlled by routines.
"We get up not when we want to, but when we have to in order to get to work on time... we come home because we've finished work and we've commuted home... we eat our dinner because that's the time we got home, not when we're hungry.
"We go to sleep with the idea that we have to get that amount of sleep before we wake up."
He recommended that people who are out of their routine should adopt a new one instead - not necessarily the old one, but something.
He suggested: "The body craves routine in order to be able to predict when it's going to be able to go to sleep and wake up."
Dr Stanley also noted that anxiety is likely to be affecting many people, in terms of both coronavirus itself and the economic impact of it.
He said: "Anxiety, stress, worry are the big enemies of sleep - in order to get a good night's sleep you need a quiet mind."
According to Dr Stanley, the key thing is to go to bed when you feel sleepy.
He suggested: "If you don't feel sleepy, then you're not going to fall asleep regardless.
"Try and think of nice things... positive things... happy things, rather than thinking about negative things to do with the coronavirus.
"Certainly a little night cap has never done anyone any harm."
He also observed that many people may be waking up more often and remembering more dreams - including disturbing ones - during times of anxiety or stress.
'No point lying in bed'
Dr Stanley said the general advice for somebody who can't sleep after 20 minutes is to stop trying and get out of bed.
He explained: "There's no point lying in bed, getting frustrated you can't fall back to sleep.
"Break the cycle and do something that is relaxing... then when you feel sleepy again, go back into the bed. If after another 20 minutes you still haven't fallen sleep, get up again.
"Sometimes don't be afraid of being awake - if your body isn't going to let you sleep, then don't be afraid to wake.
"If you have a bad night's sleep one night, you'll almost certainly have a good night's sleep the next night if there's nothing particularly wrong."
While coronavirus restrictions were introduced in March, it's now summer - and the season and weather may be impacting many people's sleeping habits as well.
Dr Stanley told Ivan: "It's a combination of things - at the moment there is the virus, heat, the light... all of these are a perfect storm when it comes to getting a good night's sleep."
He said the likes of blackout blinds or heavy curtains could play help some people who are getting distracted by the morning light.
Elsewhere, Dr Stanley said the general advice for people who fall asleep while watching TV on the couch is to not worry about it.
He said: "If you are comfortable enough and safe and secure enough that you can fall asleep... it doesn't matter where you are... take the opportunity to sleep.
"If you are safe and secure, the body's default position is to go to sleep."
