Sleep inertia occurs when your body is fighting to stay asleep when you want it to wake up. It generally feels like a temporary disorientation and drop in performance or mood after you wake up. Here's ...

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Here, sleep pros answer the big question of what is sleep inertia and how you can move past the groggy feeling with six tips. Waking up can be hard, even under the best of circumstances. But sometimes ...

Waking up tired even after a full night’s sleep can be frustrating and confusing. Many people assume that getting eight hours is enough, but feeling drained despite adequate rest often points to ...

Called sleep inertia, it happens when you suddenly snap out of REM sleep — a deeper stage of sleep where you dream and your body repairs itself. During that sleep cycle your body is flooded with high ...