How Much Sleep Do You Actually Need?

Are you over or under sleeping?

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Further reading---

Electronic screen use and selected somatic symptoms in 10-12 year old children.

The Transcriptional Repressor DEC2 Regulates Sleep Length in Mammals

What physicians need to know about dreams and dreaming.

Sleep: a good investment in health and safety.

Sleep Duration and All-Cause Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies

Rare Genetic Mutation Lets Some People Function with Less Sleep

Sleep disturbances in children, adolescents, and young adults with severe psychomotor impairment: impact on parental quality of life and sleep.

[charKT-]

0-7 hours: Tired as shit.
8 hours: Fresh and energetic, ready for the day!
9+ hours: Dead.

[iskra]

Me before
"How to sleep 8 hours in 3 hours"

[shannonjensen]

What a perfect question to ask myself at four O’clock in the morning.

[justedits]

In school: sleeps 5 hours a day
In holidays: sleeps 11 hours a day
I have no in between

[mixwb]

Today I slept 8 hours and woke up feeling refreshed, then I slept 2 more hours and woke up like feeling like shit

[fpforever]

School: you need 8 hours of sleep.

Also school: lol jk

[thebaddieofearth]

Everyone gangsta till the birds start chirping.

[rachelhwang]

I either sleep 4 hours or 10 hours. There's no in between.

[ilyz]

Chances are...




You are watching this when you should be sleeping.

[CaesarSonOfMars]

Recommend 7-8 hours
My PC: Shhhh don't believe him here take a look at steam sales

[isimpfords]

It is very annoyng when teachers give you a lot of homework that will take most of your required sleepin time and then blame you later for being late or not paying attention in class because you're too tired to listen to their shit.

[sydknee]

As a high schooler I find this offensive.

[AlcoHoliSmurf]

Since the risk of dying is already 100%, I don't mind it going to 112%.

[richieboy]

It takes me like 2 to 3 hours to fall asleep even though I'm feeling tired 😂

[dryheadshot]

scientists: you need 6-8 hours of sleep daily

schools: *we dont do that here*

[dewyy]

Every corner you turn there's death.

[owenlewis]

I feel I'm less tired when I wake up on my own without an alarm.

[theth]

Sleeping is every teenager's weakness

[killkarma]

It's so annoying when you have an amazing dream but wake up and can't go back to sleep 😫😴😫

[zoen]

Watching this at 4am, I've only slept for 2 hours, send help