Monday’s are no picnic – but if you’re suffering from social jetlag, they can be miserable. Social jetlag is a phrase coined by researchers who have decided that sleeping in and having fun on the weekends comes with a price on Monday morning, leaving us feeling sluggish and drained. What’s more, you may not fully recover until Wednesday.
Sleeping in on weekends is what really sets the potential jetlag in motion. In only takes a 2 hour shift in your sleep pattern to throw your system off. When we do that on a weekly basis, the negative effects are cumulative.
Social jetlag may sound harmless – but according to German researcher Till Roenneberg, who coined the phrase, it can take a hefty toll on our health, raising the odds we’ll turn to drinking, smoking and caffeine for relief.
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