WHY DO YOU KEEP WAKING UP AT 3AM?
WHY DO YOU KEEP WAKING UP AT 3AM? Hands up if you’re part of the 3am club? And when we say 3am club, we don’t mean partying until 3, we mean finding yourselves wide awake in the early hours of a morning! For many of us, 3am is the witching hour, for others it may be 2am or 4am. Whichever it is, it’s important to note that it is relatively common and it is harmless – if you drop back off to sleep soon after. It doesn’t mean you can’t sleep and it doesn’t mean you have insomnia. NOBODY SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT Waking up at night isn’t a problem – In fact, we wake several times a night anyway (from noise, partner disturbance or being too hot/cold) and most of the time you won’t even realise – apart from the groggy trips to the loo! Our sleep runs in about 90-minute cycles and within that cycle we go through different stages of sleep . These are punctuated with brief awakenings. As we go through the night we spend more time in lighter sleep which is why brief awaken...