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Why Do You Feel Odd When You Oversleep?
Do you ever feel odd when you oversleep? I usually never set an alarm before going to bed, and sleep as long as I wish to. And the inevitable happened last week. I overslept! I hadn’t slept well the day before, and wanted to compensate for it. So, I forced myself to sleep longer, even though my body told me that I’d had enough sleep. I got up, and realized that I was feeling odd; actually, I felt almost sick. I was groggy, my eyes were puffy, and I couldn’t concentrate on my usual morning activities. As the day went on, I steadily got better, and eventually, was back to my normal self. But still, the question kept lingering in my mind. Why do we actually feel odd when we oversleep? I started doing some digging around in order to answer this question, and thus, we have arrived at this blog post. If you are as curious as I am, read on.
The Fast
The first thing to note about this phenomenon is the general fasting process that the body undergoes as we sleep. A typical human being might get 6–8 hours of sleep every 24 hours. And during these 6–8 hours, the body has not had any energy intake. Furthermore, the body has been operating on a lowered metabolic state.
