OverSleeping

Have you ever feel that you are really tired and sleepy even when you didn't do much activities in a day?

 Or you always feel like you don't have enough sleep even you already sleep more than 8 hours a day?

Well, you might be have a potential to be the sleeping beauty on fairy tale, or in medical terms call Oversleeping.

Here is the information that I've got from many resources :

Oversleeping means the conditions that make you sleep longer or later than one intended. The amount of sleep you need varies significantly over the course of your lifetime. It depends on your age and activity level as well as your general health and lifestyle habits. For instance, during periods of stress or illness, you may feel an increased need for sleep. But although sleep needs differ over time and from person to person, experts typically recommend that adults should sleep between seven and nine hours each night.

There is another condition named sleep apnea, which is a breathing problem that causes people to stop breathing for short periods of time when they are sleeping. This in turn brings them out of their deep sleep cycle for several times throughout the course of a night which leads to an increased need for sleep.

There is some method that could help you to stop oversleeping :

1. Reset your body clock.
You can change your sleeping pattern by simply going to bed at the same time every night and getting up at the same time every morning.
Set an a alarm clock for an early hour, eferably leaving enough time to prepare for the day without being rushed. Eventually, your body will naturally and habitually wake up at this time, cooperatively productive with falling asleep as well.

2. Tell yourself that you will wake up on time.
This may sound simplistic but you need to make a decision that you won't oversleep, so that this decision enters your subconscious mind and becomes a choice to get up on time.

3. Find a reason to get up on time every day.
Find something you'd like to be doing and make the time to add it in first thing in the morning, even if this means an earlier bedtime.

4. Reduce your level of hours spent sleeping gradually.
If you have been sleeping 11 hours and you want to get down to 8 hours of sleep per night, do this in increments over periods such as a week.

5. Don't overwork yourself.
Take short breaks when necessary, organize your workload, and go outside for fresh air if you start to feel tired.

6. Get some sunshine every day.
This will help to regulate your sleep cycle because the sun sets your body clock.

7. Exercise.
It's not only good for you, but studies have shown it helps to regulate sleep cycles as well, and it boosts your mood and lifts your energy, more reasons to help you to seek less sleep.
Hopefully this informations are work for you :)

Resources :

http://m.wikihow.com/Stop-Oversleeping
http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/15581/1/Oversleeping-Side-Effects.html
http://www.m.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/physical-side-effects-oversleeping