Sometimes I enjoy getting another hour or two, who doesn't! But occassionaly I'll have days were it's very difficult to just get out of bed. I'll sleep in from my regular 11 am to 1 or 2pm! I feel very dissoriented and still tired! I literally have to drag myself out of bed. Is it good to get more sleep or can it be harmful in some way?
2006-11-27 07:02:10 · 15 answers · asked by Mr. Kizzle 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
If you sleep more, you will feel tired most of the time. Don't sleep more than 8 hours. Take regular shower and enjoy frsh air daily. Oversleeping is really harmful for your body.
2006-11-27 07:05:50 · answer #1 · answered by Elegant 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you want the scientific reason... as opposed to the tawdry rumors. Unfortunately, in this case there's not much difference, as we shall see.
More has been written about oversleeping in the medical journals than you might think. In 1969 sleep researchers John Taub and Ralph Berger gave the phenomenon (or one aspect of the phenomenon) a name: the Rip Van Winkle Effect, the experience of feeling bad after extended sleep (more than 10 hours). Various studies by the above and other parties have established that:
1. Some people feel terrible after too much sleep, and their performance deteriorates. On the other hand,
2. Some people feel great. Always the way.
3. Experiments seemed to bear out the initial hypothesis that either too much or too little sleep would cause your mental state to crumble. But by the early 80s, a few investigators had concluded that:
4. Oversleeping made people feel terrible if they'd previously had sufficient sleep, but it made them feel great if they'd previously been sleep deprived. You have to wonder why it took 12 years to come up with this brainstorm. One can only guess that sleep researchers take a lot of naps.
5. Further research in 1985 found that "with or without a prior sleep debt, the subjects' alertness was either unchanged or improved after acute oversleeping. Furthermore, actually sleeping more proved to be better for subjectively reported mood and objectively measured alertness than simply lying in bed awake for the extra hours." In other words, the Rip Van Winkle Effect is a crock, and you don't really feel bad after oversleeping. You just think you do.
Attempting to salvage something from this fiasco, the sleep research community now offers such conjectures as the following: "People generally expect to feel better after getting a long night of sleep; their expectations may predict greater improvement than they actually obtain, in which case they feel worse" (Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreaming). Whoever wrote that was clearly feeling a little groggy. Probably got too much sleep.
2006-11-27 07:10:39 · answer #2 · answered by Karen g 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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Sometimes I enjoy getting another hour or two, who doesn't! But occassionaly I'll have days were it's very difficult to just get out of bed. I'll sleep in from my regular 11 am to 1 or 2pm! I feel very dissoriented and still tired! I literally have to drag myself out of bed. Is it...
2015-08-12 21:52:52 · answer #3 · answered by Dore 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ITS BAD TO GET TOO MUCH. I used to bartend and i would spend half the day in my bed and i know what u mean. It would make me even more tired. Try running to get out of that vicsious cycle and convince yourself u only need 8 hours sleep. Anything more will just weigh u down. As for long term affects i cant think of any. But your not being productive at all and it will get worse if you dont break the trend now
2006-11-27 07:07:03 · answer #4 · answered by aligrespeq 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over sleeping can actually make you more tired it's best to stick to your routine and if you have trouble doing so have your doc. run some tests you may be anemic, diabetic, or suffering from some type of depression. Good luck, and sweet dreams!
2006-11-27 07:06:22 · answer #5 · answered by LesHug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not bad, if you get up feeling really tired it just means that your body is telling you that you got more sleep than it needed. You should set your 'biological clock' so that you get enough rest when you actually do sleep. :)
2006-11-27 07:04:55 · answer #6 · answered by winds_of_justice 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it is. They say that you shouldn't sleep in because of the fact that you do get disoriented. I know once you lose sleep, you can't really make it up. You can get back on schedule, by sleeping til your normal time, but otherwise, you just feel icky!
2006-11-27 07:12:45 · answer #7 · answered by dickersonn@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to me, you can never get enough sleep. And take it from someone (me) who has went on little or no sleep to accomplish things: IF YOU CAN GET IT, GO FOR IT!!!!!
P.S. What job do you have that allows you to sleep until 1 or 2 pm? Really, I want to know.
2006-11-27 07:21:57 · answer #8 · answered by jessyl135 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most american's don't get enough sleep. It is only after the 8th hour that the deep REM sleep starts.....so sleep sleep sleep! If you find yourself doing this daily, however, it could be a sign of depression. But if it is a once a week thing....go for it, your body might need it!!
2006-11-27 07:06:32 · answer #9 · answered by McBeth 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
very bad, the human body only needs 6 - 8 hours to get proper rest anything more is usually signs of depression
2006-11-27 07:06:58 · answer #10 · answered by mohvictor 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋