Why do you feel more tired the more you sleep? Don't do these things while sleeping

Sleep can be called the best way for the body to relax and recover. However, even when you have slept long enough, many people still feel tired and weak the next day, unable to muster any energy. Where exactly does this problem come from?

Why does sleeping make you more and more tired?

1

Eating a heavy meal before bed

If you eat too much before bed, the stomach and intestines have to work harder to digest, and a stomach full of food will constantly stimulate the brain. With an excited point in the brain, a person cannot fall asleep peacefully. For those with poor digestive function, when not very hungry, they can mix Lizi Xuan red bean and coix seed powder with water to replace dinner, which helps digestion, removes dampness, and promotes sleep. Otherwise, as traditional Chinese medicine says: if the stomach is not at peace, then sleep will be restless.

2

Pillow too high

From a physiological point of view, the appropriate pillow height is 8-12 cm. If the pillow is too low, it is easy to get a stiff neck, or because too much blood flows into the brain, you may feel dizzy and have puffy eyelids the next day; if the pillow is too high, it will affect the respiratory tract and make snoring more likely. Over time, it can easily lead to neck discomfort or a hunched back, affecting how clothes look on you.

3

Sleeping with your hands under your head

Sleeping with both hands pillowed under the head not only affects blood circulation and causes numbness and soreness in the upper limbs, but also easily raises pressure in the abdomen, and over time can even cause reflux esophagitis.

4

Sleeping with your head covered

Because the weather is cold, many people are afraid their heads will get chilled and like to sleep with the quilt over their heads. Little do they know that covering the face with a quilt can easily cause breathing difficulty. As the concentration of carbon dioxide in the cotton quilt rises, the oxygen concentration keeps dropping. Breathing in humid air for a long time is extremely harmful to the brain. Over time, it will lead to oxygen deprivation, causing poor sleep and making nightmares likely. After waking up, you will feel dizzy, weak, and listless. For those whose hands and feet are usually cold, drinking more Lizi Xuan brown sugar ginger tea helps drive away cold and warm the body. Never do the foolish thing of sleeping with your head covered again.

5

Storing up sleep

The human body cannot store sleep. Sleeping a few extra hours in advance in order to stay up late is not of much help to the body. In fact, the human body only needs a certain quality of sleep. Sleeping more not only makes it hard to fall asleep, but is also unhelpful for health and beauty.

6

Overdrawing sleep

Some people like to make up for sleep after staying up late, but the adverse consequences caused by a disrupted biological clock cannot be avoided. It will lead to daytime drowsiness and poor concentration; at night, insomnia and inability to fall asleep. When you look in the mirror, it seems you have aged several years.

In a person's life, about one third of the time is spent sleeping, which shows how important sleep is to everyone. In a sense, the quality of sleep determines the quality of life. If you have the above habits, then please correct them in time.

So how can you get good sleep?

Most insomnia caused by stress can actually be relieved through self-regulation. In addition to psychological adjustment by changing self-awareness, some small changes in daily life can also help you fall asleep quickly.

1

Keep the bedroom quiet, black, and dark

Because a dark environment promotes the pineal gland to produce melatonin, and this hormone is exactly what controls the day-night cycle. Use heavy curtains to block out external light sources, and use a fan or white noise to mask annoying sounds.

2

Follow your own nature

Because of the body's own state, it is easier to switch into sleep mode at night. So try to prepare yourself psychologically for sleep at night, read a few pages of a book, spend 5 to 10 minutes on personal hygiene, or meditate for a while.

3

Make sure your bed is only for sleeping

Avoid working, paying bills, reading, or watching TV in bed. If you want to associate only the act of sleeping with your bed, then what you need to do in bed is sleep soundly, not toss and turn all night.