is not being good or bad for you the
truth is if you're waking up more tired
from your naps that's because you're
doing it wrong so when you start to fall
asleep you enter stage one which usually
lasts around five or ten minutes and if
you're woken up out of this stage it
doesn't actually feel like you were
asleep but as you enter into stage two
your brain actually starts inhibiting
external processing which means it
blocks out stimuli that it deems is
non-dangerous so things like soft sounds
or smells and these two beginning stages
of sleep have been shown to improve
memory consolidation productivity
creativity and most importantly leave
you feeling less tired and more
energized but if you pass into stage 3
of sleep which for most people is around
the 30 minute mark you start entering
deep sleep and while that's not a bad
thing being woken up out of this deep
sleep can lead to sleep inertia in other
words you feel more tired at that point
you might as well wait for your sleep
cycle to finish and bring you back into
light sleep which is around an hour and
a half for most people so yes naps are
great but you'll only feel better if you
take them for the right amount of time