Pushing back your alarm time by reprogramming it a few minutes after the first ring is perhaps not, contrary to popular belief, as detrimental as that. In any case, this is what emerges from a study by Stockholm University.
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As the transition to winter time takes place in France on the night of Saturday October 28 to Sunday October 29, a question arises. Should you really let the alarm ring just once in the morning? Get out of bed immediately and above all do not reschedule it five or ten minutes later to glean a few additional minutes of rest at the risk of being doomed to the flames of “sleep inertia”, or “sleep drunkenness”. A slightly technical way of saying: exercise all day!
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How many articles have already been published claiming that going back to sleep in the morning would be bad for your health, because by going back to sleep you risk falling back to the beginning of your sleep cycle, therefore at the worst time to get up. If all of this was ultimately nonsense? In any case, this is what emerges from a study by Stockholm University.
The revenge of the snoozers
Researchers interviewed people with this unfortunate tendency which consists of pushing back their alarm, to “snooze” as we say in English, referring to the snooze button obviously. The result of this study is clear. Snoozers tend to consider snoozing as a luxury. There is no difference in the feeling of fatigue or in cognitive tests between snoozers and good students who get up as soon as possible. first ring.
According to a study published a few years ago, more than 60% of French people postpone waking up in the morning. They even spend four months of their life “snoozing”. There are also a whole bunch of articles that give advice on how to banish “snoozing”. Very original advice, such as going to bed earlier, having a regular rhythm or simply setting the alarm clock at the other end of the room so you have to get up to turn off the alarm.
Not sure that such a sudden awakening will put you in a good mood and in good shape all day. The torture session is over. You can put your alarm clock back on the nightstand within arm’s reach. Thanks to Stockholm researchers, you can hit your alarm as many times as you want, and even set the alarm half an hour earlier if you like, just to have the pleasure of waking up gently, and snooze warm under the duvet.