Why is it harder to get up early then go to bed late?

penrbrown

You know, I just caught myself in a silly statement and it got me to wondering...

Why is it harder to get up super early then it is to stay up super late?

What's up with that?

If I am required to get up an hour earlier then usual I feel like I'm LOSING an hour but if I'm required to STAY UP an hour later then usual it doesn't feel like a loss at all.

Any scientific mumbo-jumbo to explain this phenomenon? Or words of advice to overcome hating to have to be up earlier?

yoovie

uh... cause one of those decisions you make when youre awake and one isnt a decision cause youre asleep.

oh hi science

bcampbell54

Just stay up a little longer, and you'll be up early.
Problem solved.
I'm just that good.

caraiselite

i love my sleep.
that being said, i can easily stay up 24 hours +
but wake me up early and forget it. i'll bite your head off.

once i'm sleeping, don't bother waking me up. i get vicious.

lukeout007

When you're asleep your brain sends signals to your body's afukkit receptors. Your bodys reaction is to lay around in bed rather than get up and do...ya know...stuff.

It's science...





Oh also...I made that up.

babsbrack

because "You" control the staying up late part and an alarm clock controls your early rise LOL you dont usually wake naturally thats my bit of mumbo jumbo :P

wisebadger53

I'll tell you the correct answer to every question that boggles the mind. This has been developed over years of parenting, and my children finally have stopped asking me questions since they know that this is the answer to everything...BECAUSE

WendyTerry420

I have found that if I miss my regular bedtime, it takes me at least an hour or more to fall asleep, even if I am in bed.

mkcmurphy

I'm a night person, so I get a second wind around 7/8. Not great when the alarm clock goes off at the usual times!

tigersword

You know, I just caught myself in a silly statement and it got me to wondering...

Why is it harder to get up super early then it is to stay up super late?

What's up with that?

If I am required to get up an hour earlier then usual I feel like I'm LOSING an hour but if I'm required to STAY UP an hour later then usual it doesn't feel like a loss at all.

Any scientific mumbo-jumbo to explain this phenomenon? Or words of advice to overcome hating to have to be up earlier?

Sleep cycles. Your body goes through several sleep cycles during the night, going from light sleep, down to deep sleep, and back. It generally takes an hour and a half to two hours to complete an entire cycle. So if you have to wake up an hour earlier, you may be interrupting the middle of the cycle, when you're in deep sleep, which is what makes you feel groggy and out of it when you first wake up.

Staying up late doesn't have that problem in the modern age, because sleep cycles don't start until your asleep, and the melatonin release that usually happens at dusk to make you feel tired is mostly cancelled out by the lighting in your house, bright light prevents melatonin release.

MoveTheMountain

You know, I just caught myself in a silly statement and it got me to wondering...

Why is it harder to get up super early then it is to stay up super late?

What's up with that?

If I am required to get up an hour earlier then usual I feel like I'm LOSING an hour but if I'm required to STAY UP an hour later then usual it doesn't feel like a loss at all.

Any scientific mumbo-jumbo to explain this phenomenon? Or words of advice to overcome hating to have to be up earlier?

Sleep cycles. Your body goes through several sleep cycles during the night, going from light sleep, down to deep sleep, and back. It generally takes an hour and a half to two hours to complete an entire cycle. So if you have to wake up an hour earlier, you may be interrupting the middle of the cycle, when you're in deep sleep, which is what makes you feel groggy and out of it when you first wake up.

Staying up late doesn't have that problem in the modern age, because sleep cycles don't start until your asleep, and the melatonin release that usually happens at dusk to make you feel tired is mostly cancelled out by the lighting in your house, bright light prevents melatonin release.

Adding to ^this^ : you're sleep clock naturally advances by about 15 minutes every day - we're really not tuned in perfectly to a 24-hour daily cycle.

tigersword

Probably because the actual day isn't exactly 24 hours long. Gotta love rounding. :laugh:

SelkieDiver

I have the opposite problem Cannot for the life of me stay awake past 10:00pm unless I"m physically out doing something with friends. However even if I'm out late I can (and frequently do) bounce out of bed at 5am! Its terrible when I really want to sleep in and I can't. Just not in my nature I guess. I need to be up with the sun.

penrbrown

You know, I just caught myself in a silly statement and it got me to wondering...

Why is it harder to get up super early then it is to stay up super late?

What's up with that?

If I am required to get up an hour earlier then usual I feel like I'm LOSING an hour but if I'm required to STAY UP an hour later then usual it doesn't feel like a loss at all.

Any scientific mumbo-jumbo to explain this phenomenon? Or words of advice to overcome hating to have to be up earlier?

Sleep cycles. Your body goes through several sleep cycles during the night, going from light sleep, down to deep sleep, and back. It generally takes an hour and a half to two hours to complete an entire cycle. So if you have to wake up an hour earlier, you may be interrupting the middle of the cycle, when you're in deep sleep, which is what makes you feel groggy and out of it when you first wake up.

Staying up late doesn't have that problem in the modern age, because sleep cycles don't start until your asleep, and the melatonin release that usually happens at dusk to make you feel tired is mostly cancelled out by the lighting in your house, bright light prevents melatonin release.

I think I love you.

penrbrown

Favorite answer so far: BECAUSE!!!!

You guys are all awesome though.

penrbrown

I have the opposite problem Cannot for the life of me stay awake past 10:00pm unless I"m physically out doing something with friends. However even if I'm out late I can (and frequently do) bounce out of bed at 5am! Its terrible when I really want to sleep in and I can't. Just not in my nature I guess. I need to be up with the sun.

I wonder if someone could explain internal alarm clocks? Because they suck too!

I'm like you, I can't sleep in even when I want to but if I have to wake up earlier then usual ARGH! I want to kill things.

beckajw

Because once you're up, you're up. Once you're asleep, you're asleep. It's hard to change the state you are in.

Josie_lifting_cats

I'll tell you the correct answer to every question that boggles the mind. This has been developed over years of parenting, and my children finally have stopped asking me questions since they know that this is the answer to everything...BECAUSE

How many years before they stop???? Please tell me soon!

bodiva88

Depends on whether you are a night owl or a morning wren. I am a night owl, so I'm like you. But I have friends who rise with (or before) the sun--no alarms. But if you want to talk to them after 10 pm, good luck. They'll be zonked out.

AubreySue81

When you're asleep your brain sends signals to your body's afukkit receptors. Your bodys reaction is to lay around in bed rather than get up and do...ya know...stuff.

It's science...





Oh also...I made that up.

Hahaha! this one! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

jofjltncb6

For the same reason that people misuse the words "then" and "than".



And yeah, I just made that up...*and* I'm being a grammar dbag.

I would apologize, but it wouldn't be sincere.