And social jet lag is taking its toll on the night owls of the world because even if you get the recommended amount of sleep, knocking your circadian rhythm out of whack has consequences.
When a synesthete comes down with a cold, flu or something like an ear infection, it can affect how they experience their condition, either strengthening or weakening it, or making them feel out of whack and not right.
In fact it's a predictor for depression, and has been linked to things like weight gain, as your hunger-arousing and -suppressing hormones get out of whack.
Specifically, we looked at the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis, or HPT axis, and all the ways your body can suffer when that system, or your hormones in general, get out of whack.