Sleeping long but not getting enough sleep

People often mention having enough sleep but still feeling tired and lacking energy during the day. Upon closer examination, many may experience the following symptoms: difficulty concentrating during the day, excessive sleepiness, headaches, choking while sleeping, sudden awakenings at night, snoring, nocturia, sleep apnea…
Many people have misconceptions about sleep, believing that only sleeping for 8 hours a day constitutes sufficient sleep, but this is not the case.Eight hours is just a general concept; the amount of sleep each person needs varies at different stages of life.Therefore, "getting 8 hours of sleep" cannot be used as an indicator of whether sleep is healthy.

It is important to note that when we enter deep sleep, the brain is in a slow-wave state, and it is more difficult to wake a sleeping person than usual. Therefore, snoring, multiple awakenings, or even pausing breathing during sleep are absolutely impossible.
A healthy sleeper should be peaceful and relaxed during deep sleep. The body's functions differ significantly between day and night. For example, the mechanisms controlling breathing operate differently during the day and night. When we enter a sleep state, breathing control becomes more passive.If there isairway narrowingThe problemIn this state, the lungs must expend more energy to inhale air. The autonomic nervous system then sends signals to cause the diaphragm to expand significantly, and to increase heart rate and blood pressure to maintain oxygen supply. In other words,It prevents the autonomic nervous system, which should be resting properly, from getting a break and instead forces it to work at full capacity.

When airway narrowing and obstruction worsens, it can lead to breathing cessation. If breathing stops during sleep, the body will wake you unconsciously in order to force you to breathe. Therefore, people who have enough sleep but are still sleepy during the day should get tested to check if they have a breathing cessation problem.