Experts suggest the real problem isn’t the hours you’re spending in bed: it’s what’s happening while you sleep. Sleeping at least 8 hours is time and again reiterated in the medical community. Since it is an essential building block required for the body’s recovery, sleep is something you ideally shouldn’t compromise on, even if it means pausing your favorite show on a cliffhanger and sleeping through the night to catch up on the next day. You got your 8 hours. You shut off the lights, tucked in, and slept through the night. Yet, you wake up feeling groggy, irritable, and drained before the day even begins. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. The truth is, getting enough hours in bed doesn’t always mean you’re getting the kind of sleep your body actually needs. When you fall asleep, you are supposed to sleep for anywhere from 7 to 9 hours. And when you wake up, you are supposed to feel alert, you are supposed to feel refreshed. But if you are not and waking up feeling groggy with a dry mouth, even with a headache, that’s a problem,” he adds. Now, if you’re wondering how to know whether your 8-hour sleep is truly restorative, Dr Allen suggests looking closer at your habits and possible underlying issues. “Sleep duration is important, but you do need to look within the sleep behavior itself to identify what’s disturbing your quality of sleep. So, what causes this disconnect between time spent asleep and how rested you feel? Dr Allen lists several culprits: nervous system dysregulation, hidden sleep disorders, too much screen time before bed, and the simple fact that “rest” doesn’t always mean recovery. He advises starting with a simple step: “You can talk to your bed partner, see if you are snoring, having pauses in breathing.” What to do if you don’t have a sleep partner? Track your sleep with available apps.
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