
By Trudy Meehan
If you feel like “waking up is the hardest thing I do all day” then you’re not alone. The experience has been termed “sleep inertia” and while it’s a normal part of the sleep-wake experience, it can be frustrating to wake up feeling tired.
Much of the research on sleep inertia focuses on reducing the risk of performance impairment and we are yet to find clear empirical