Leaving the curtains a crack before going to bed and being woken up by the alarm clock is as bad as being drunk

Is being woken up by an alarm clock equivalent to being drunk? Experts from Zhongda Hospital say this statement makes sense. It is more scientific to leave a slit in the curtains before going to bed to let in the sunlight instead of waking up by an alarm clock. Office workers may all know this joke: The happiest thing is to "sleep until you wake up naturally, and count money until your hands cramp", but both are a luxury. What is more realistic is that many office workers are awakened by the alarm clock in the morning and get up reluctantly in a daze.

30% of "night owls" go to bed in the early hours of the morning, and 80% of white-collar workers rely on alarm clocks to wake them up

I stare at the computer at night and don’t want to sleep, and in the morning I stay in bed and don’t want to get up. How many people are in this state? The reporter conducted a small survey on the work and rest habits of white-collar workers in a forum in Nanjing. A total of 76 Nanjing white-collar workers participated in the survey, and only 14 claimed that they could basically sleep until they woke up naturally. The remaining 62, accounting for more than 80%, were woken up by alarm clocks or family members almost every morning on weekdays.

So, what time do people usually go to bed at night? Among those who participated in the survey, 30% of "night owls" do not want to go to bed until after midnight, and more than 60% of people go to bed between 11pm and 12am. However, it should be noted that the vast majority of units implement the "punch-in to work" system, and the two are undoubtedly a huge contradiction.

Leave a crack in the curtains before going to bed so the sun can wake you up the next day

1 The best way is to go to bed early and get up early

Director Yuan Yonggui told reporters that "waking up naturally" that everyone yearns for is indeed the best state of the body. If you can form a regular schedule of "work at sunrise and rest at sunset", after forming this habit for a long time, waking up naturally will no longer be a luxury.

2 If you can’t go to bed early, start by getting up on time

Experts suggest that if white-collar workers really cannot go to bed on time, they can try to get up on time. If you are awakened by the alarm clock, you can stay in bed a little longer instead of turning over and getting up immediately like a robot.

3 If you still can't get up, leave a gap in the curtains before going to bed

Yuan Yonggui, director of the Department of Psychology and Psychiatry at Zhongda Hospital, told reporters that the "wake-up effect" of sunlight is no less than that of an electronic alarm clock, but at the same time it does not have the frightening feeling of being suddenly awakened and having a surge of adrenaline. When you draw the curtains at night, you may want to leave a little gap. When you are exposed to sunlight in the morning, serotonin will speed up your body's metabolism, and your biological clock will remind you that the sun is shining and it's time to get up!

4 There is something even more amazing: "Wake up with your mind"

"Get up at 8 o'clock...get up at 8 o'clock." Miss Xu, who works the night shift in a certain unit, relies on such "mumbling" to get through the difficult "battle of getting up" every week. "I find it very strange. It seems that my biological clock can understand my thoughts. As long as I repeat them several times before going to bed, I will wake up naturally at this time the next day."

Director Yuan Yonggui explained that "waking up with intention" like Miss Xu's is a relatively reliable method. "This method is suitable for people with strong psychological suggestion. The subconscious mind remembers the time, and it will form the impression of getting up on time."

5. If you really need to use an alarm clock, set it to “crescendo”

In order to make the alarm louder, many people set the alarm to songs with "agricultural heavy metal" style such as "The Most Dazzling National Style". However, Ye Xingzhou, deputy chief physician of the Department of Cardiology at Zhongda Hospital, said that this kind of alarm will only increase the harm of being woken up. The correct approach is to set the alarm to "crescendo" mode, and try to choose a softer music alarm to reduce the pressure of getting up.