This is something many people experience when they are jet lagged and you might also have a milder version of this if you stay up late on the weekends but go to bed early during the week. “If we change our bedtime and wake time, then our circadian rhythm will not be aligned with our new bedtime and we may find it difficult to fall asleep or wake up,” Dr Browning explains. The islanders' previous sleep schedule could also affect their circadian rhythm, which is our body’s internal clock that tells us when it’s time to go to sleep and wake up. “This allows your body to know when it should be tired and when it should be awake, allowing you to feel more refreshed when you wake up and to drop off easier when it is time for bed.” “We sleep better when we go to bed and wake up at the same time every day,” says Dr Lindsay Browning (opens in new tab), a psychologist and neuroscientist specialising in sleep. This is especially true because an irregular sleeping pattern can seriously impact the amount of rest you get. The sleeping arrangement on Love Island is very unusual so it’s bound to be a shock to the system to the contestants entering the villa. How the Love Island sleep routine impacts contestants while in the villa However, entering the Love Island villa also means handing over your watch and your sense of time until Love Island ends or you're dumped from the villa, as the islanders never actually know what time it is. Season 2 contestant Katy Mcdermott revealed (opens in new tab) that contestants are woken up at around 9:30am daily, but are allowed to lie in if they’ve stayed up late for a recoupling. ITV haven’t confirmed their exact bedtime but interviews with past islanders suggest it can be as late as 3am or 4am some nights. Previous islanders have revealed that contestants on the show often have go to bed very late, especially when big events like recouplings take place. On top of that, they’re woken up by a very bright light, which is why many of the islanders are looking less than pleased when we see them in bed in the morning and even have to crack out the sunglasses in bed (although if we had Gemma's Love Island's sunglasses, we'd wear them all day everyday).
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