Mehra says the best way to de-condition ourselves from hitting snooze every morning is to make sleep a priority.
“And if that’s happening, and someone still feels the need to hit that snooze button, then they should probably see their physician to make sure there’s no undiagnosed sleep disorder that could be contributing to their need to hit the snooze.”ĭr. “Make sure you’re getting seven to eight hours of sufficient sleep and good quality sleep,” she said. Mehra said it’s time to take a look at your sleep habits.
Mehra said if a person feels the need hit snooze again and again, it could be an indicator that they’re either not getting enough sleep or they might have an underlying sleep disorder.įor those who find themselves hitting the snooze every day, Dr. While, some people can get conditioned to hitting the snooze and actually get used to it, Dr. Plus, she said, the short period of sleep that we get in between hitting the snooze button – five, ten minutes at a time – is not restorative sleep. Mehra said we have different arousal thresholds during different stages of sleep, and if we’re disrupting late stage REM sleep, it can cause a ‘fight or flight’ response – which increases our blood pressure and heartbeat.
And so, if you’re hitting the snooze button, then you’re disrupting that REM sleep or dream sleep.”ĭr. “Much of the latter part of our sleep cycle is comprised of REM sleep, or dream sleep, which is a restorative sleep state. CLEVELAND – Getting out of bed can be a real drag, especially on a cold winter morning.įor many, hitting the snooze button once or twice might be part of our morning wake-up routine.īut according to Reena Mehra, M.D., M.S., Director of Sleep Disorders Research at Cleveland Clinic, all of that snoozing isn’t helping our bodies get the restorative sleep that we need.
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