12 Reasons You Wake Up Tired After A Full Night Of Sleep

Did you know: you can be sleeping 12 hours a day and still wake up tired?

Sleeping is an activity that should be done after a long day of work. Have you ever imagined what it would feel like to go to work and experience the daily dose of stress that life presents, with the hope of coming home to have a good night rest but coming home to more stress? Sounds weird, but sadly this is a reality of many people!

I was on this boat for so long, I wake up groggy, with splitting headaches and tired after a full night of rest, I even took an extra dose of rest, little did I know how I was hampering my body system.

I woke up every day with the nauseating feeling of tiredness after having 12 hours of sleep or more and still proceed to another stress-filled day like nothing happened!

This cycle continued until my body system started reacting and was almost shutting down! Such an endless cycle of tiredness should not be the reality of anyone’s existence. After a proper night rest, you should wake up feeling refreshed, energetic and ready for a new day!

Do you often go through your day feeling tired and sluggish? This could be as a result of your poor sleep habits! You are supposed to wake up feeling new and energetic and any contrary reality could have adverse effects on you.

In fact, some scientists have posited that having a tired feeling after waking up could affect the activity of the whole day. In other words, waking up tired could affect your day negatively as there are limits to what a mentally-tired individual could achieve even with long hours of rest.

Although not common, some people have continuously experienced days of waking up tired and having no energy to go through the day. Truth is, there are some days when waking up tired having no energy is normal.

Take, for instance, if in the previous day you had a long and stressful day, then it is almost normal to wake up tired and have no energy. However, when this becomes chronic, it becomes a sleeping disorder and should be stopped.

Generally, having a feeling of tiredness after long hours of sleep can be tied to poor sleeping habits but in this article, you will see more causes of tiredness and fatigue.

Your bed should be a place of comfort after a tiresome day. Your bed should be that place of rest you look forward to coming to after a stress-filled day at work, school or wherever you might find yourself. Unfortunately, for many, sleeping does not change a lot.

These kinds of people sleep at night and wake up feeling tired in the morning after sleep. This article looks into 12 reasons you wake up tired after a full night of sleep and how to stop feeling tired after waking up.

Important tips like having a healthy sleep lifestyle, having a proper diet and many more will be talked about in the latter part of this article. Basically, it is achievable to have a sleep of 12 hours and wake up not feeling tired.

In other words, if you sleep for 12 hours a day and wake up being tired, then you should pay attention to some of the points that will be listed below.

1. Going To Bed At The Wrong Time

In reality, there is really no right or wrong time to go to bed; what exists is the right or wrong time FOR YOU to go to bed. If you go to bed at the wrong time for you, then there is a possibility of you sleeping for 12 hours and still waking up tired.

Knowing your chronotype is very essential and this knowledge comes from days of genuine observation. If you are an early bird and you live the lifestyle of a night owl, your mornings will be miserable.

So, take your time, study your best time to go to bed, start going to bed at that time and watch how beautiful waking up would be for you!

I have written some rich articles, sharing ideas and points that have enabled me to work on my evening and night routine, outlining the things you ought to do before bed for a productive night rest and the things you need to stop doing before going to bed to enhance your sleep quality.

2. Having A Poor Sleeping Environment

Having a poor sleeping environment can contribute to you feeling tired after long hours of sleep. One common factor in the environment is the use of blue lights.

Indeed, blue lights add beauty to your room but it is advised that their usage at night be limited. This is because blue lights reduce the production of melatonin which is critical for a good night’s rest.

3. Sleep Apnea

This is a medical condition that causes frequent pauses in breathing. If you snore, then there are high chances that you might be having sleep apnea.

Snoring, caused by a blockage of the breathing passageway, could lead to frequent pauses while breathing and this would definitely hamper a smooth sleep causing you to wake up the next day tired! One major symptom of sleep apnea is excessive sleepiness during daytime hours.

If you usually get dizzy when doing something that should rather be making you active, then you might be having sleep apnea which is a result of the fact that you do not have a good sleep.

4. Spending More Time Than Necessary In Bed

Another reason why you might be sleeping 12 hours a day and still be tired is spending more time than necessary in bed. Let’s talk about alarms. Everyone I know has either used an alarm before or known someone else who uses an alarm for waking up.

Alarms can disrupt a good sleep and that would affect the sleeping pattern which would eventually tell on the body when waking up. Waking up to hit the alarm multiple times is never a good idea.

This is why proper care and attention must be given when setting an alarm. The length of time for an average alarm is about 8 minutes. This means, when snoozed, it only takes about 8 minutes for another ring. 8 minutes is not enough to go back into a good and deep sleep.

5. Consuming Anti-Sleep Products

Sleeping 12 hours a day and still being tired can also be caused by the kind of products that you consume. The two major anti-sleep issues are caffeine and alcohol. While it might seem that alcohol makes you dizzy, it actually zones you out of sleep, making your day as unrefreshing as possible.

The same goes for caffeine. Taking products that contain caffeine, like coffee, can stimulate your brain to be hyper-active and when you eventually sleep, it reduces the quality of your sleep and reflects on your daily activities.

6. Having A Snoring Bed Partner

Surprised? Well, actually you should not be! Science shows that having a snoring bed partner could lead to losing one hour of sleep every night. And from the explanation given so far, you should know what the loss of 1 hour of sleep can do to you. Imagine sleeping for 12 hours a day and still feeling tired just because of loss of 1-hour sleep.

7. Depression And Anxiety

How well you are sleeping can impact how well you are feeling; sleep and depression are completely intertwined. It is bi-directional because the lack of sleep can lead to depressive symptoms and at the same time, depressive symptoms can affect your sleep.

If you are battling with depression, there is every tendency that your sleeping pattern will be disrupted and you can develop unhealthy sleeping habits like sleeping too much, or not sleeping enough.

8. Lack Of Exercise

Lifestyle changes like increasing physical activities can improve your mood and sleep, increase in exercise has been shown to decrease depression scores and indulging in more healthy exercise you can improve your sleep quality.

9. Restless Leg Syndrome

This is a condition formulated by the irresistible urge to move the legs, typically in the evenings. Restless leg syndrome occurs while sitting, lying down or relaxing. It worsens with age and can drastically affect your sleep quality and disrupt your sleeping pattern.

10. Reliance On Sleeping Aids

The continual usage of sleeping pills and sedatives can drastically affect your sleep quality that without taking sleeping pills you have difficulty in having a quality night rest.

Sedating medications and sleeping pills like antihistamines and hypnotics can leave people feeling tired, drowsy, and groggy the next day. So if you should be taking sleeping aids, endeavor to always follow a doctor’s instructions for using hypnotic sleeping mediations and do not build it into a continual habit.

11. Noise From External Sources

This is no news, noise from external sources can drastically affect your sleep pattern and experience especially if you are a light sleeper. I always create a noise-free environment to avoid difficulties in getting adequate rest to avoid feeling tired and groggy the next day.

12. Having A Poor Eating And Drinking Habit

Sleeping for 12 hours and waking up tired can be as a result of poor dietary habits, in a case study from the University of Arizona in Tucson, people who have a hard time falling asleep at night are some of the most exposed to munching in the later hours, which may increase their risk of obesity and diabetes.

We have to be cautious of the consumption habits we build up because poor eating habits can fuel sleep disorders and reduce the quality of our night rest.

How To Stop Feeling Tired After Waking Up

So far, we have looked into some of the causes of waking up tired with no energy for work. We have established that some of the products that you consume might cause you to be tired even after sleeping for 12 hours.

Also, we have looked into the fact that your sleeping environment can actually affect your sleeping pattern which could tell on how you start your day. Now, our focus will be on how to stop feeling tired after waking up.

There are many methods and tips on how to stop feeling tired after waking up. A few of them will be discussed below:

1. Try Taking A Glass Of Water After Waking Up

Usually, tiredness and fatigue are signs of dehydration. What this means is, when you feel tired after waking up, you need to drink some water.

So, when next to you wake up tired, ensure that you take a glass of water and if the fatigue or tiredness does not stop, it is advised that you increase your intake of water throughout the day.

2. Take Less Coffee

Of course, taking coffee has a lot of advantages, but it is advised that less intake of coffee is done because a large intake can affect your productivity and increase tiredness later in the day.

Taking less amount of coffee in the morning can help to reduce the level of tiredness that you might face later in the day. Participants in a study showed that taking less coffee actually helped them in reducing the level of fatigue they experienced after working for long hours.

3. Splash Water On Your Face

If you are having issues with getting out of bed, it is advised that you keep a spray bottle containing water beside you and as you wake up in the morning, ensure that you spray or splash some water on your face.

Coldwater/showers could actually help in getting you activated for the day. It is however advised that people with sensitive skin should not do this.

4. Take A Walk And Spark An Energetic Brain

It is a fact that spending time with nature helps to make one feel alive. When you feel tired in the morning, you can get out of your bed and take a long walk enjoying the serenity of sunlight and nature. Sunlight helps to increase the level of your serotonin and of course, helps to have a good day.

5. Leave The Snooze Button Alone

The snooze button, as insignificant as it might seem to play a major role in aiding you to have a good sleep at night. Leave the snooze button alone.

Fragmented sleep can be caused by the constant hitting of the snooze button and this can tell on your body when you wake up, increasing tiredness and reducing productivity for the rest of the day.

6. Take Your Mental Health Seriously

If waking up tired becomes an unusual occurrence, there is a likelihood that it could be linked with depression and anxiety (one of the causes listed above).

It is, therefore, necessary that you take your mental health seriously and visit a therapist if you notice signs and symptoms of depression or anxiety.

Indeed, you can sleep even beyond 12 hours a day and still be tired. The highlighted causes in this article should be looked out for and avoided to enjoy a good sleep and wake up to a refreshing day.

Waking up to another day without being mentally prepared can hamper the productivity of an individual and this would tell in everything they do. It is, therefore necessary that you take the notes on the causes seriously and also learn and note how to prevent the tiredness that you feel every morning.

Sleeping 12 hours a day and still being tired can be avoided with the steps above and many more. In the process of combating tiredness and fatigue after waking up, certain habits must be stopped and certain routines should be adopted. The solutions and causes provided in this article should be thoroughly studied.

A good night of sleep should have you energetic and ready for the day! If you are experiencing the opposite then you might certainly be facing some serious sleeping disorders. Waking up to another day is supposed to be accompanied by fresh and new mental and physical energy.

So far, we have looked into some of the reasons you might be waking up tired with no energy to carry out the day’s activities. We have also looked at a few ways to stop this tiredness in other to enhance productivity during the day! These tips, if followed, would help you to get better sleep and this would reflect in the energy that you start your day with!

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