Even if you’re taking good care of your skin, constant sleep deprivation might sabotage your efforts and cause your skin to
break out. When you’re not getting enough sleep, it raises the stress hormone levels in your body, which in turn leads to inflammation, the overproduction of sebum, and clogged pores.
5. It might affect your immune system.
Stealing a few extra minutes of sleep for yourself might feel tempting, but making it a habit will cause all the negative effects of hitting snooze to add up. For instance, you might find yourself feeling sick more often than you used to. This happens because a constant lack of sleep
weakens your body’s defense mechanisms, and your immune system can’t protect you against viruses as effectively as it should.
6. It can throw off your menstrual cycle.
As good as hitting the snooze button early in the morning might feel, doing so on a daily basis might affect your reproductive health. Irregular sleeping patterns
affect your reproductive hormones, which are responsible for periods and ovulation. Skimping on sleep will eventually build more stress in your body, which in turn can cause irregular or
missed periods.
Bonus: How to break the habit of hitting snooze
If you find yourself regularly pressing snooze, consider some life changes that can help you replace it with healthier habits.
- Get active. People who are more physically active are less likely to use the snooze button. Make it a habit to walk at least half an hour a day and see how it affects your habit of snoozing.
- Put your alarm on the other side of your bedroom. This age-old trick may help you to resist the urge to snooze.
- Turn on the light. It’s harder to wake up when it’s dark, and turning on the lights might help you wake up better.
- Invest in a clock that doesn’t have a snooze setting. It doesn’t get any simpler than this: if your alarm doesn’t have a snooze button you won’t feel tempted to go back to sleep. Opt for a clock that is designed to slowly wake you up without a snooze option.
