Doctor Explains Why You DON’T Need 8 Hours Sleep!

[yasminesaucedo]

My body: “You need 22 hrs to feel fresh”.

[awesomesauce]

"Why were you late?"
"Sorry, I just needed enough sleep to feel fresh."
"You've been gone for 3 days!"

[MikeJohnMentzer]

Sleeps without an alarm:
*Wakes up one week later*

[anjalikanbarkar]

* wakes up after 6 hrs of sleep *
* feels fresh * * goes for a walk & comes back *
Eyes & mind: okay, we need to sleep

[mr.rupees]

I can feel fresh after 4 hours of sleep, but that doesn't mean its enough because the freshness doesn't last long.

[MariahRuthven]

People used to judge me and call me lazy, but I really feel the most rested with 9-10hrs of sleep.

[WretchedRedoran]

Once, years ago when I was laying in bed, I closed my eyes briefly and when they were open, it was morning. It was like I hadn't actually slept at all, but I still felt great and refreshed in the morning. It was incredible, like it I had only blinked.

[ImNotPalmer]

My body: “you need at least 25 hours of sleep a day to feel fresh”

[butterflyfart]

My body with only 5 hours of sleep: 💃🏽

My body with a full 10 hours of sleep: 🧟

[GravitasZero]

I remember taking a high level class from a professor with a doctorate at one of the best universities in the United States on sleep…
He explained that sleep debt was a reality and that a lot of people got used to not sleeping enough in a similar way people got used to a continuous pain. It was there, you just ignored it better.

Also that statistics showed that people would, on average, do much worse in basic simple tests on 6 hours of sleep than on 8 but would not even think they were doing worse, thinking they were in their usual condition.

He (and the various sources he gave us) also said that some people that could indeed function on a few hours of sleep, that they were a thing (linked to genes), but were exceedingly rare. The overwhelming majority are just used to not sleeping enough. (Hell, I underwent a period when I was sleep deprived, only when my friends told me I was irritable and acting different did I realize it was affecting me).

I’m going to go ahead and trust my professor specialized on sleep working in a reputable university and all the research he and his colleagues conducted and presented to us students.

[paladincomics]

I always wake up tired regardless of how much sleep I get 💀

[AliciaW]

I can’t even remember the last time I’ve felt refreshed and ready for the day, no matter how many hours of sleep I get 😩😭

[ArcticaTheFox]

Sometimes 6 hours isn’t enough, and sometimes it’s fine. Sometimes 10 hours makes me feel super refreshed, and other times 10 hours kills me for the rest of the day. I don’t know how that works Q_Q

[Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer]

"How fresh you feel when you wake up"
That's a thing?
Can't say I've ever experienced that

[chibib]

As a child, I've always been taught the 8 hours thing and I wanted to do my best and aim for that. However, I would get pissed at myself if I woke up after only 5-7 hours lmao. I'm the type who is unable to sleep again once I wake up and naps during the day is just not my thing. Over time, I just accepted that I can never sleep 8 hours unless I am super tired.

One thing I am very sure of though is that I HAVE to wake up right before the sun rises. I noticed that if I wake up when it's already very bright outside, it affects my mood negatively throughout the day (lazier, unproductive, etc.). Dawn hours is just so pretty.

[Primroseholic]

Some times i feel fresh at about 3 hours, and other times i feel fresh about 9+. My rhythm is finicky.

[khiaramaggiociondolo]

Yes, but some chronotypes, those that make you fall asleep later and wake up later, are the worst to live with, because people, school, work and much more things won’t wait for you to get your perfect sleep rhythm… and you either try to live not according to your natural rhythm and are always tired, or you’re always late to everything 😢

[mikerich]

An ex-gf of mine actually has a genetic condition (I can't remember what it's called) where she only needs about 4 hours of sleep each night. And she's like never tired, quite the opposite actually. She's very happy-go-lucky, high energy, very physically active, and driven. And I'm very jealous of this, I feel like I never have enough hours in the day 😂

[Dukh_Nirodh_pratipad_Gaamini]

"Remember it's not the quantity but the quality of sleep that matters."

[aries-lcbs]

the "yes" caught me off guard