I have been waking up early since past 3 days and getting ~6hrs sleep on average. All 3 days, my brain’s power has last longer and feels like it got “overclocked”. I am able to take in lots of information, have more energy to talk to people(almost makes me think I’m might not be introverted) etc. I feel like a different person all together.
What is happening? I have no issues sleeping, I just had to wake up early and sleep late due to stuff.
You might be waking up in a more ideal spot in your REM cycle. For me if I get 6 ½ hours I feel great but I feel like shit if I get a full 8. But if I sleep 9 I feel pretty good again. If you wake up and get interrupted during REM you’ll feel a lot more groggy and like shit for most of the day in my experience.
I have tried this REM cycle theory for me. It doesn’t seem to matter for me. I have tried waking up at 7h30m for few days, I felt very groggy to wake up especially in this cold weather. But somehow waking up at 6hrs, almost as if I haven’t slept at all. My takeaway was that the longer I slept, the stronger sleep I had and the harder it was to wake up whether or not it was at end of the cycle or middle.
Were you falling asleep at the same times?
Not exact, it differs by an hour.