Melissa Milanak, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina, noted that while pets can be comforting, many pet owners report sleep disturbances caused by their animals, revealing a complex relationship between pet companionship and sleep quality.
Robbins advises skipping the snooze button and immediately springing out of bed. On the surface, it sounds like solid tough-love advice for anyone with a snooze button habit. But science shows that waking abruptly can be a recipe for stress, especially if you suffer from sleep inertia. Sleep inertia is that groggy, disoriented feeling that happens during the transition from sleep to wakefulness.