: why is it that sometimes when we wake up it feels like only a few minutes passed but then you check the time and it’s been HOURS, why does it feel like you closed your eyes momentarily?
In: Biology
When asleep you lose consciousness and many of the things that come with it, most notably perception of time. You are only perceiving the moments that you spend falling asleep and waking up, and you cannot perceive the hours that you spend asleep. The stitching together of these moments make you feel like a short time has passed, since in your conscious mind that is exactly what happened.
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