You thought nausea and headaches were the worst of it? Ha, nope.

If this was you at 11p.m. last night:

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Then this is probably you now:

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Sure, you were expecting a headache and maybe some vomiting, but why does it feel like you got hit by a tractor trailer?

Actually, there's a pretty good reason why. “Hangovers are easy to explain because they’re basically a mini withdrawal syndrome,” George Koob, PhD, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), tells BuzzFeed Life.

“Any time you take an intoxicant, your brain changes. So your brain adapts to that change, and then when the drug is removed, the opposite reaction occurs. Most of the symptoms of a hangover are the opposite of what you get when you’re intoxicated with alcohol.”

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This makes so much sense. Instead of feeling elated, uninhibited, pain-free, and overly confident about your dance skills, you’re now feeling depressed, anxious, achy, and not even totally confident that you can stand up straight.

But obviously, there’s more to a hangover than waking up with a pounding headache and dry mouth. Here are some other things that happen to your body when you've had wayyyyyy too much to drink the night before.

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