Is it better to set your alarm early and hit snooze?

Hitting snooze only once is less harmful to your sleep health than doing so again and again. The more times you put off getting out of bed, the more you confuse your brain and risk sleep inertia.

Why you shouldn’t snooze your alarm?

We’ve established that hitting the snooze button will probably make you feel foggy and more tired. And regularly relying on it to sneak in more Zzz’s will mess with your body’s internal clock, which can actually deprive you of sleep and set you up for some major health problems.

What is the best time to snooze?

Gizmodo made a suggestion to set the snooze interval to 20 mins. Sleep fragmentation studies showed that naps shorter than this gained little benefit but longer naps risk deep sleep. So this 20 min interval should give you the optimal time for more rest. Otherwise the snooze button is quite damaging to press.

Should you set an alarm an hour before you need to wake up?

Pro-tip: Try the 90-minute sleep cycle hack by setting two alarms — one for 90 minutes before you want to wake up and one for when you actually want to wake up. The theory is that the 90 minutes of sleep you get between snoozes will be a full sleep cycle, allowing you to wake up after your REM state, instead of during.

Is it bad to set multiple alarms?

The answer is just one, because setting multiple alarms to wake up may actually be harmful to your health. Despite almost one-third of adults saying they hit the snooze button over and over again, as they feel deprived of sleep, this makes you feel worse.

Does waking up to an alarm make you more tired?

In short: Sound-based alarm clocks shock you into waking up. When we wake up in this way, we can experience sleep inertia – feeling groggy, strange and not at our best. Waking up using light instead can cause us to feel more alert, can enhance mood and lead to better memory and concentration throughout the day.