stackyFACTSDesynchronosis, the clinical term for jet lag, is just your internal organs stubbornly refusing to acknowledge the time zone you are standing in. Your brain knows it's noon, but your pancreas is absolutely convinced it's 3 AM and aggressively demanding you go to sleep.
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