I had struggled with the habit of oversleeping most of my life. Believe me, I know how embarrassing and frustrating it can be not to be able to control yourself, to be chronically late and to waste lots of precious time on sleep.
If you want to be able to wake up refreshed and on time, you must first understand WHY you oversleep…
What Causes Over – Sleeping
Sleep problems are usually caused by either physical or mental issues (or both).
This may sound harsh, but let me explain it in a very simple way…
From my understanding, oversleeping comes from a combination of two main factors that can be summed up as:
1. Poor sleep – meaning you’re not getting enough rest from your sleep. If you feel tired after 7-8 hours of sleep, there’s a good chance that what you need is not more sleep but BETTER sleep.
Your sleep may be damaged by a physical sleep disorder. (I myself also had to treat my Sleep Apnea as part of the process.)
Most likely, though, is that you don’t sleep well, because of bad habits, emotional issues or outside conditions – things like stress, poor nutrition, shift work or a noisy environment.
2. Depression or Lack of motivation – simply put, when the clock rings, you PREFER to stay in bed than face the day (whether you’ll admit it or not). Why?
Well, there are many possible reasons, but if I had to guess, I would say that you are either unhappy, unsatisfied or simply bored with life – you have no sense of purpose or inspiring goals.
These two factors work together to keep you in bed – the more tired you are, the more “mental power” you need in order to overcome the temptation to oversleep.
The ‘Side-Effects’ of Over-Sleeping
If anyone can tell you about the terrible effects of oversleeping, it’s me. First, oversleeping is obviously time waste. As a result of this time waste your whole life can get messed up…
It can damage your relationships, your career and what not. It makes you look lazy and irresponsible and can bring down your self esteem.
Oversleeping can be addictive, because a vicious cycle of causes and effects comes to play. For example:
Oversleeping -> failure and negative emotions -> oversleeping – >>
If that’s not enough to make you want to stop oversleeping, you should know that studies have found a connection between over-sleeping and diabetes, weight-gain, headaches and even heart disease.
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hey i really dont know whats wrong with me now :/ i had a flu for 4 days now, but the flu is kinda beginning to go away.So today i woke up feeling really weird.As the day went on i felt lightheaded as if im in some sort of a dream, and unresponsive to things
and if i could i would probably just stare at a dot for an hour. (no im not on drugs.)
do you know whats wrong with me?!
I sleep at least 10-14 hours sleep at night time, and i still manage to sleep though out the day eg. watching a film, in the car. I have noticed if I dont keep busy or if someone wont talk to me I end up just sleeping.
Im average weight for my height and age. And sometimes I can eat well and somedays i can barely eat.
please help me, its effecting my school work, social life
Suzie, it sounds to me that your activity level is very low. I suggest that you set yourself a goal to reduce your sleep to 9 hours max, and start an exercise routine, maybe walking 30-40 minutes a day. Also – eat breakfast everyday, whether you feel hungry or not. You need to create a healthy routine for yourself. It might take a couple of weeks or more to to develop the habits, but it will be worth it.
Hi I dont know if I have oversleeping problems but I am a very young girl and I am on weekends sleep for about 20 hours and still tired . I often fall asleep after school and after dinner then at bedtime :/ I dont know what to do.
Could you give me some advice please?
20 hours sleep isn’t normal nor healthy. You need to realize that you feel tired BECAUSE you sleep too much and not “in spite” of it.
Many questions come to mind, like: What do your parents say about this? Have you consulted a doctor? Do you eat well? Are you obese?
I’ve been over sleeping 4-5 hours longer and I go to bed comfortable but wake up restless? It’s been like this for 4 days now. Help me please?
Kenny, from the little info you supplied, I would say that you just have to break the cycle, by doing whatever you can to wake up early and bring your schedule back to normal (while minimizing stimulants like caffeine, eating well etc). The sooner the better.