Jet lag can reduce people to all sorts of states. After a recent 17-hour flight from Britain to Hong Kong via Doha, Qatar, “caffeinated zombie” best describes this author.
A day after landing in Hong Kong, jet lag’s unwelcome pattern kicked in: go to sleep at 9pm, wake up a few hours later, spend the next six hours staring at the ceiling with some Netflix bingeing thrown in.
Five days later sleep patterns – and life – returned to normal, but during that time my mind and body rode some roller coasters that were heading in opposite directions.
There is a scientific explanation for why people feel out of sync after such a long journey.