I am the kind of person that loves to wake up early and enjoy the peaceful cool weather in the morning. I go for a little walk and listen to the birds singing. The problem is I am also up late burning the midnight oil. I mean, I enjoy staying up late watching movies so, I often miss out on sleep.
I am jealous of people that are happy to sleep long hours. They must lead a slow life without stress. They seem to look forward to long sleeps over long weekends. I think it’s a waste of time. You can get plenty of sleep when you are dead. Actually, I found out from some research that oversleeping can have detrimental effects on your physical and mental health. Both under sleeping and oversleeping can impair your memory; it can promote inflammation, and probably worst of all, it can cause depressive symptoms.
I guess to much of a good thing is not a good thing. But there does seem to be a pattern in the number of hours that are risky to our health for these three symptoms. If you have over 10 hours of sleep you tend to be at a higher risk of memory impairment and inflammation, and if you have over 9 hours of sleep you are at a higher risk of depression.
So, set your alarm clock, don’t hit the snooze button after 9 or 10 hours of sleep, and enjoy a hot and strong cup of coffee.
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Sleep duration and memory impairment
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21532950/
Sleep duration and inflammation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3624831/
Sleep duration and depression
https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/37/2/351/2558968
