My opinion about sleep drunkenness

1 Study Finds Sleep Drunkenness May Affect More Than 1 in 7 People

Ever heard of “sleep drunkenness”? Have you ever tried reach for your phone when your alarm clock rings? Or when you wake up you don’t know where you are? Then you may have experienced what’s known formally as “confusional arousal”. 

More than 1 in 7 people in the U.S may suffer from the condition, according to a study in the journal Neurology. In confusional arousal, sleepers wake up in a disoriented state and perhaps behave strangely in the process. The condition often occurs when someone wakes up during non-REM sleep and can be caused by a “forced awakening: the study authors wrote. It can potentially cause violent behaviour during sleep or right as the person wakes up. To find out how prevalent sleep drunkenness is, the researchers surveyed 19, 136 people age 18 or older in 15 states. They found that 15.2 percent of respondents said they had experienced a confusional arousal episode were overwhelmingly linked to sleep disorders, which were present 70.8 percent of the time. 

The majority of those who’d experienced confusional arousal were experiencing it regularly. 53.8 percent of suffers, the episodes were brief – less than 5 minutes. But 30.1 percent of them said the episodes could last 15 minutes or more after waking up. Many shared similar symptoms. 57 percent reported being disoriented as they woke up and 34.4 percent said they had difficulty talking or thinking clearly, in addition, 19.9 percent said they experienced inappropriate behaviours such as grabbing the phone instead of falling for the alarm clock. Confusional arousal isn’t officially classified as a disorder, the researchers pointed out, “probably because it has received little attention from the scientific community”.  But if it was, they said, it could raise awareness. And that could lead to a better understanding of the condition and better treatment options. “Our study shows that underestimating the importance of CA leads to a misunderstanding of the disorder and its effects”, they study authors wrote.

My opinion..

Overthinking kills you slowly. This statement came up to my mind after reading this passage.  I myself had gone through sleep drunkenness and it's awful, I can't even have a peaceful rest. You know what? Sometimes I still experience it, but at last, I realized why I face it at times. The reason is like what I've just stated on the first sentence. In my opinion, sleep drunkenness is caused by overthinking. When you overthink, it means you are anxious. You're hesitating that God is with you. You ought to remember that His plans are bigger than yours and you can't even fathom it. One thing that I want to say is, give your life to Him, let Him light up your path and guide your way. Not only that, you have to learn to surrender, just like in 1 Peter 5:7, "Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you."