A new study by Virgin Money suggests more than half of working Brits (54%) suffer from anxiety in the week before payday and of those, a fifth (20%) said this is a regular monthly occurrence.
For a significant number of people, this is causing sleep disruption, with nearly nine in 10 (88%) people saying thoughts about money impact their sleep in some way. The research found more than one in 10 (12%) said money worries are keeping them awake every night, with another 14 per cent experiencing sleep disruption on a weekly basis.
The research also indicates people are equally likely to worry about their current financial situation (16%) as they are their future finances (16%), highlighting this isn’t a short-term problem. When it comes to worrying about money, the survey shows women (91%) are more likely to experience sleep disruption than men (85%).
