"Several," he admitted. Strangely, it was easier admitting such to a professional whom he had hired to help than it was to admit to his own family.
"My sleep patterns were quite erratic from the time I started with the Ministry, though I have always thought it to be a simple consequence of my propensity toward overworking myself, and the added pressures of dealing with various circumstances such as taking on Mr. Crouch's responsibilities, my estrangement with my family, the presence of Death Eaters inside the Ministry for a year, and more recently, my suffering from regular nightmares like so many others of late."