6. You can’t fully wake up with the help of coffee
Coffee is your savior, but what about when it doesn’t seem to save you at all? If you’re still tired throughout the day and have trouble waking up after your routine cup of joe, then you didn’t snooze long enough the night before.
5. Your sex drive is MIA
It’s hard to get into sexytimes with your partner when the moment you lie down, you’re out like a light. And in a study by NCBI, sleep deprivation has been linked to lowered sex drive. So, go to bed so you can become once again interested in sex. Because what is life without it?
4. You doze at the end of yoga or in the movie theater
If it’s still daytime and you’re on the verge of snoozing when placed in a dark room or environment, your body is telling you to catch more Zs. So it’s time to listen!
3. You’re clumsier than J.Law
Clumsiness brings a certain level of charm to someone’s persona, but it could also be a signal that you need more rest. Your motor skills take a dive when you’re sleepy. And a 1997 study even found that a person who has gone a night without sleep is as lacking in hand-eye coordination in the morning as someone who is considered legally drunk. Now imagine that same person driving to work. Yikes.
2. Your skin is a war zone of blemishes
Oh yeah, acne arrives in full force when you’re overtired. So that’s fun. Especially when you’re in your 30s and should be past your pimple prime. Your skin works to repair itself throughout the night and when it’s deprived of that time, your hormones spike and your skin’s collagen breaks down, according to an NCBI study.
1. You’re suddenly a night owl
Your body wants you to get into a healthy routine, so when you’re running on not much sleep, it tries to regulate itself by providing a surge of energy at the worst possible time — right before bed, according to Dr. Rafael Pelayo of Stanford University Sleep Medicine Center.
Moral of the story? Go to bed. Now.
