If you’re one of those people who set five alarms “just to be safe,” a nurse has a warning.

Jordan Bruss, a registered nurse who’s gone viral on TikTok, says those extra alarms are secretly harming your body — and your mood. “Don’t keep traumatizing yourself,” she urges gently.

When you hit snooze again and again, your brain never gets back into deep rest. Experts call it sleep fragmentation — those short, broken moments of rest that leave you groggy, anxious, and drained. Each alarm jolts your body into a mini fight-or-flight response, flooding it with stress hormones before you even leave bed. Over time, that rush of adrenaline can trigger fatigue, mood swings, even heart strain or weight gain.

One sleep coach confessed a client once set over 20 alarms, each five minutes apart. “They thought it helped,” she said, “but it was ruining their mornings.”

So what’s the fix? Move your alarm across the room. Build a small ritual to look forward to — a stretch, a song, a quiet coffee.

Because how you wake up can shape your entire day. And maybe, just maybe… one alarm is all your body ever needed. 🌅