Why is it so much easier to fall asleep on the couch unintentionally than to fall asleep in bed intentionally?

Question

Why is it so much easier to fall asleep on the couch unintentionally than to fall asleep in bed intentionally?

In: Biology

Answer 1

I’ve always thought that when you’re falling asleep on the couch, the acts of getting up, turning off the tv, going up the stairs and getting ready for bed just tend to wake you up and get your heart going just enough to make you need to restart the going to sleep cycle entirely.