{"id":882,"date":"2024-04-13T09:49:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T09:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesleepwell.co.uk\/?p=882"},"modified":"2024-04-13T09:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T09:49:23","slug":"how-can-sleeping-too-much-be-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wesleepwell.co.uk\/how-can-sleeping-too-much-be-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can Sleeping Too Much Be Bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"
We all know how important sleeping is, right? And, as we leave childhood, sleeping becomes more of a reward than a punishment!<\/p>\n
But did you know how can sleeping too much be bad? Yes, you read that right! You can get too much of a good thing – and that includes sleep. Read on for everything we know about this\u2026<\/p>\n
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You would be forgiven for thinking that the more you sleep, the better you will be – but it actually doesn\u2019t work like this.<\/p>\n
We all know that not getting enough sleep is bad, but did you know that getting too much can be just as bad for you?<\/p>\n
Consistently oversleeping can be a sign of a condition called hypersomnia<\/strong>, which is linked to quite a few health conditions.<\/p>\n This condition causes people to feel so tired during the day that they may need naps, yet still sleeping an unusually long time at night.<\/p>\n Of course, excessive sleeping is not always linked to a health condition – using certain substances like drugs and alcohol can cause the same symptoms.<\/p>\n Existing depression can also cause an increased need for sleep, and for the person to sleep abnormally long times, bot day and night.<\/p>\n If you are always oversleeping and yet still waking up tired, you may be at risk of a startling number of health problems.<\/p>\n Longer sleeping patterns are increasingly linked to\u00a0 depression, inflammation, heart disease, obesity <\/strong>and and increased risk of diabetes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If you are worried, and you are sleeping more than 9 hours a night every night, then it is always worth a trip to your GP to get checked out.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s get one thing straight – sleep is definitely healthy, and definitely good for you. We should all be aiming for around 7-8 hours per night.<\/p>\n This is the generally accepted norm – however, it is very hard to determine how much sleep an individual should have.<\/p>\n Lots of factors should be considered, such as your age; physical exercise; the demands of your job; stress – as well as many other things.<\/p>\nHow Much Sleep Is Too Unhealthy?<\/h2>\n