Why does it take so long to fall asleep initially, but feels super easy when woken up by your alarm?

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Why does it take so long to fall asleep initially, but feels super easy when woken up by your alarm?

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One thing not being mentioned is you go through cycles when you sleep. Being woken in the middle of a cycle will make you feel more tired, groggy, etc than if you woke up at the end of a cycle OR BEFORE you hit the deep sleep part

So a 15 minute nap will be more refreshing than a 60 minute nap because you havent interrupted your deep sleep stage.

The other answers are also correct just wanted to give an answer from a different perspective

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