Is Snoozing Bad For You And Your Health?
…well, you need to know what you are doing to your brain. Let me give you a little hint, it’s not something positive!
Is Snoozing Bad For You?
So, is snoozing bad for your health?
…and here’s where it gets interesting!
You see, about 60-120 minutes before you wake up in the morning your brain is in a “getting ready to wake up mode”. In other words, it is NOT in one of those sleep cycles.
What do you think your brain does then?
That’s right! It gets into a new sleep cycle. You just took your brain from “getting ready to wake up mode” and pushed it into a sleep cycle.
Now, remember how long a sleep cycle is?
So, your brain is now working on a 70-95 minute long sleep cycle, but the problem is that YOU just hit the snooze button and the alarm will go off in about 10 minutes. 10 minutes, not 70-95 minutes.
When the brain gets forced out of a sleep cycle like that it gets “stuck” in a neurological state called “sleep inertia”.
Ok, sounds scary, what is that and how will it affect me?
Fair questions, and let me explain.
Of course it’s not fun to go around knowing that the brain does not work on an optimal level and the lack of stress control my indeed contribute to long term health consequences, if hitting the snooze button is something that you regularly do.
Snoozing is bad for your health in another way as well.
You see, when you set your alarm to go off the next morning, say 6 AM, of course you do so for a reason, because that’s when you feel it’s best to get up. That is your intention.
…the VERY first thing you do that day. You START the day by breaking your “own promise”.
…no, let me rephrase that, it’s even worse, you are planting a seed into your subconscious mind that you are a person that do not get things done.
This is bad because the mind works kind of like a jury. Meaning, every action you take is a vote for the person you believe that you are. And, I mean every action. Every single action you take in your life.
And you define yourself as a lazy person that don’t do what you set out to do.
…it will constantly make you do “lazy actions” or no actions at all, because that goes in line with how you define yourself.
So, now you understand that snoozing really impacts your life more than you thought, before you read this article.
…well, because cutting it out will for sure be something that helps you when you are walking on your self development journey.
I hope it has been informative and, as always, keep going and stay strong!
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