• Lenny@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 months ago

    I’m currently not working, not even job searching, just… taking December off it all. So naturally I’m allowing myself to sleep in as much as I want. I’m finding myself falling asleep around 1:30am and sleeping through to 11am, only waking due to the crushing guilt of ‘wasting the day’. I could probably go for another 2 hours or more. It’s all making me realize that humanity is doing the human condition dirty - we should sleep as much as we need to sleep, not be forced to grind at some mediocre task for 8 hours after under-sleeping.

    • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      In my experience, the feeling of not having slept enough doesn’t vanish, no matter how long you sleep. Personal hypothesis: When you wake up, the sleeping hormones are still present in your body and make you not want to get up, whether you still need to sleep or not.

      • Lenny@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        For me, there is a “yessss let’s go!” moment that will happen eventually that let’s me know I’ve truly slept enough, but I truly do think we’re all exhausted in a way we’re not evolved to properly deal with yet. Maybe 15-17 hours, while excessive, is what we all collectively need to start the repairing process. Who knows.

  • St3alth@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    when it’s time to wake up I’m usually in a stupidly deep sleep basically in dream land and not wanting to leave kinda deep sleep.

  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 months ago

    I’m running on a single hour of sleep. Thank God I am working from home today because I’m SUFFERING. and of course a day that’s supposed to be slow is the day we get absolutely slammed with stuff. I can’t handle this. Might cry on my lunch tbh

  • MissJinx@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 months ago

    I miss feeling like this so much! for years I have back pain everytime i lay down and as time passes it gets worst so I’m never confortable in the mornings. My body is so crazy that I can do anything without pain, even exercise, I have no pain at all…except if I lay down and relax. Fuck my body

  • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    If you’ve not got one, I would highly recommend getting an air quality meter.

    I had this issue last night, awake randomly at 2-3am. When I checked, the air quality was terrible. (It’s bespoke scale put it at 10 out of 100) after opening a window and letting it improve, I happily drifted back off.

    It turned out I didn’t wake up randomly, I was dragged awake from a light sleep due to the air quality plummeting. It won’t apply to everyone, but it’s worth checking if it’s a common problem.

    (For reference, 10% air was CO2 of 2360ppm, and VOCs at 5000ppm with 80% humidity. Fresh air is CO2<500, VOCs<100)