How come when I sleep for 8 hours...?

Question:

I wake up tired, and when I sleep for 4 or 5 hours I feel completely energized.

Sometimes I will get 7 1/2 hours of sleep, wake up naturally to go pee, and feel energized. Then I'll go right back to sleep, wake up 20 minutes later (with alarm clock) and feel very tired. Could it be amount of sleep, alarm clock, or type of sleep, or all of those?

Answers:
It's normal to be more tired when you're awakened by an alarm clock, because the alarm forcefully "jars" you out of sleep even if you're in the middle of a sleep cycle. When you wake up naturally, your body has brought itself through the normal progression of sleep stages and so it's ready to be awake and stay awake by the time you wake up.

I agree with the other answers that if it's 7:30 when you wake up to pee, you should just count your blessings and resist the temptation to crawl back into bed for those last 20 minutes. I do the same thing, though, so I know what a temptation it can be. What's worse is when you wake up to pee and feel energized, and it's 4:00 am...

You are over sleeping, just get up when you feel good and take a mid afternoon nap if you feel tired in middle of day !!

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How come when I sleep for 8 hours...?

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