Catch up on sleep

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Catch up on sleep

 to get extra rest after not sleeping enough for some time—to slowly recover what your body has missed.

Examples:

1-  After working late all week, she finally used the weekend to catch up on sleep and felt like herself again.

2- She felt overwhelmed emotionally, but after catching up on sleep, she realized she didn’t need more strength—she needed more rest.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to our weekend episode of Daily English. Today’s topic is something many of us experience without even naming it. It affects our mood, concentration, decision-making, and even how we see ourselves. It’s called sleep debt.

Scientists say that when we don’t get enough sleep, our body doesn’t simply move on. Instead, it keeps track of those missing hours, like a quiet debt. At first, we feel fine—we push through, drink coffee, and keep working. But over time, our clarity drops, our mood becomes more sensitive, and even small moments start to feel heavier. Not because we’re weak…
 but because our body is still trying to recover what it lost in the past.

Many of us do this—we keep pushing through exhaustion, believing we just need to be stronger. But no matter how determined we are, when we ignore our body’s need for rest, our clarity fades, our emotions intensify, and even small challenges begin to feel overwhelming.  Because very often, the problem isn’t our effort… It’s our sleep debt.

Our relevant expression of the day is: Catch up on sleep.” one more time: catch up on sleep

It means: to get extra rest after not sleeping enough for some time—to slowly recover what your body has missed.

 After working late all week, she finally used the weekend to catch up on sleep and felt like herself again.
  He thought he needed more discipline, but when he caught up on sleep, his focus returned naturally.
  She felt overwhelmed emotionally, but after catching up on sleep, she realized she didn’t need more strength—she needed more rest.

So next time you feel unmotivated or overly emotional, instead of asking:
 “What’s wrong with me?” Try

 asking: “Am I simply in sleep debt?” And if the answer is yes… give yourself permission to catch up on sleep. Even going to bed just 30 minutes earlier for a few nights can gently start paying off your sleep debt and help restore your balance.

Now your question:  Have you ever felt low energy or unusually sensitive and later realized you were just tired? How do you catch up on sleep when you really need it?

Thank you for listening, and see you tomorrow.