Is oversleeping just your body showing you how tired it is?

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When you think you’re about to take a nap but you end up waking up 3 or 5 hours later

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  1. Strongman0307 Avatar

    Maybe. It could also be that if you go to sleep without an alarm you will sleep through a few complete sleep cycles which will then make your brain think its your normal bedtime.

  2. 547217 Avatar

    Doesn’t always appear to be the case for me because sometimes I definitely oversleep if given the time without disturbance. Then I’ll feel just as bad if not worse then not having enough sleep

  3. Fearless_Spring5611 Avatar

    Sometimes. As someone with insomnia I tend to enjoy those times when I can oversleep, but unfortunately it tends to either be due to sheer exhaustion, physical illness, or depression.

  4. SuNNY__AheR Avatar

    Depends if you’ve overworked your body and didn’t get rest for a long time. Once you are finished then it’s a way to recover your body.
    But In my case it was depression I had medicine to stay awake the whole day.