Why do we get cranky when we get tired?
Moment of Um
American Public Media
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🗓️ 17 October 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
It’s pretty easy to tell when someone didn’t get enough sleep and you may have even felt the warning signs yourself. Simple things might feel annoying, or more difficult and you might not feel like dealing with anything or anyone. Have you ever asked yourself why we feel so irritable when our bodies and minds are weary? We asked medical researcher Kira Bacal to help us find the answer.
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| 0:00.0 | From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um. Moment of Um, um, comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Ruby Guthrie. |
| 0:16.1 | Um... I'm sitting here trying to figure out why I can't stop yawning. I mean I'm not even |
| 0:24.7 | tired. Everything is just getting on my nerves today like the fact that I keep |
| 0:29.6 | yawning for no reason. Just like that, I feel ready to call it a day. |
| 0:37.0 | I just want to go home and not deal with anyone or anything. |
| 0:41.0 | Wait a second, something feels off. |
| 0:47.0 | Am I tired? |
| 0:49.0 | Am I upset? |
| 0:50.0 | It's kind of hard to tell. |
| 0:52.0 | What's got me in this mood? I guess maybe if I retrace my steps, |
| 0:57.2 | I'll figure out what's going on. Okay, let's go back to this morning. It's safe to say that today I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. First, I accidentally snoozed my alarm way too many times. |
| 1:18.0 | Then, when I finally jolted awake, I realized I only had 15 minutes to get ready. |
| 1:23.0 | I instantly panicked and rushed through my morning routine. |
| 1:26.0 | I tried brushing my hair and my teeth at the same time, |
| 1:30.0 | you know, to speed things along, |
| 1:31.0 | but that just made things worse. I ended up with toothpaste in my hair and |
| 1:35.8 | dry shampoo all over my shirt. By this point, I decided to just skip breakfast and go about my day. And even though it was still pretty early in the day, |
| 1:49.2 | I just felt over it. |
| 1:50.6 | Why was I so upset? Was it the constant yawning, |
| 1:55.0 | my empty stomach or the fact that I woke up late. |
| 2:00.0 | Come to think of it, I might have snoozed my alarm too many times because I just couldn't fall asleep last night. |
| 2:07.0 | Now, I'm wondering the same thing my friend Zana asked the other day. |
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