Why Does Putting Back the Clocks an Hour Disrupt Us so Much?

The one group whose sleep cycle could benefit from putting clocks back an hour

Experts say that, for most, it will take days for the biological clock and the actual clock to realign

Why does putting back the clocks an hour disrupt us so much?

It's not just you - the autumn clock change really does feel that bad. Cast Of Thousands/ShutterstockThe disruption of sleeping and waking patterns from the daylight saving clock change reveals a great deal about our everyday reliance on the interaction of sleep pressure and circadian clocks. First, you need to understand the intricate changes happening in your body the night the clocks go back an hour. On Saturday evening, assuming we are not i…