Do you feel like you never get enough sleep at night? Therefore, you use the snooze button to tack on a few extra Zs, even if you should not or do not have the time. You are messing with your body's natural function.

          “Drockling” is the term for dipping in and out of sleep in the early morning. Your body has several natural mechanisms to prepare your body to wake up and move around. One is that your body starts to rise your core temperature that then makes you feel awake and more alert. This starts to happen about two hours before you wake up.

          If you are not getting enough sleep, your temperature is still in the deep sleep range when your alarm clock goes off. Your bed then feels comfortable and the air feels cold so you stay in your bed.

          The body needs time to wake up. When you hit the snooze button, your body thinks it is a false alarm and can go back into deep sleep mode. When your alarm goes off for a second time, your brain is surprised and confused. This results in a groggy feeling called sleep inertia.

          Each time you hit the snooze, your brain gets more and more confused so you feel tired and stay in bed longer. This kind of sleep inertia can stay for around two hours.

          When you do not wake up at the same time every day, your body does not know when to feel tired. This leads you to push your bedtime back and not get enough sleep.

          It is a major thing to set your alarm for the time you need to get up, not a while before so you can hit the snooze a couple times. Actually, get up when your alarm goes off. You will eventually feel sleepy naturally at the end of the day and feel compelled to go to bed at the end of your day.