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

You may have a mismatch between when your body naturally wants to sleep and your actual bed time.

Try to move your bed time earlier and resist the urge to nap so that you are actually sleepy at bed time.

Our habits can be trained. Every time you have trouble falling asleep at bed time, you are actually training yourself to anticipate not being able to sleep the next time you get in bed. To break the cycle you might have to switch up your schedule.