Do you always wake up tired and sleepy? See 4 possible reasons for this

Logically, after a long night sleeping, we should wake up willingly, right? Following the same reasoning, it doesn't make much sense that we get sleep early in the morning, but that's not what happens to many people. The question is why?

1 - First, let's talk about neurobiology

For most of the time you sleep, your brain is in a REM state, dreaming and consuming a lot of energy - especially the adenosine type.

The problem is that there is a direct relationship between the high levels of this substance in the brain and the feeling of drowsiness. This is because adenosine is a neurotransmitter that disables the activities of neurons responsible for keeping a person alert and alert. We wake up drowsy, so much because of the traces of adenosine accumulated in our brain throughout the night.

2 - Now answer: do you share a bed with someone?

Science has bad news for those who sleep with the big guy: women do not sleep well when they are accompanied, and their sleep improves, but little, when they have sex before bed.

Men, on the other hand, do not have their sleep impaired when sleeping accompanied, regardless of whether they have had sex before. That is, if you are a woman and always wake up sleepy, it may be that you share a bed with someone else.

3 - What you eat at night also affects the way you wake up, you know?

If you have a dessert after dinner, your chances of drowsiness the next day increase greatly. This is because the increase in sugar in the bloodstream “winds up” the activity of neurons that make us feel sleepy - this can also be the explanation of our sleep after hitting that silver platter at lunchtime.

4 - And you get enough sleep?

Humans need to sleep 6 to 8 hours every night, and sleep deprivation is a great villain in our memory and even the thoughts that will permeate our minds the next day - little sleep increases negative thoughts.

When we sleep less time than necessary, we have difficulty concentrating and, in more extreme cases, we fail to make the right decisions and may have visual hallucinations.

Chronic sleep deprivation has also been linked to the development of metabolic diseases, depression and even some cancers. When we sleep, our brain goes through a kind of cleansing, and if we spend so little time in the dream world, it's more than normal for our bodies to remind us of it the next day. Like? Making us feel sleepy. That simple.

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