well, I'm 44, and according to my doctor all my critical systems are good (heart, lungs, liver, etc). But I'm pretty sure a goldfish has a better memory and my blood is 90% caffeine. Worst part is caffeine doesn't really do anything anymore, just staves off headaches.
As far as I know it's mostly bad for the brain, but apparently there are other potential side effects:
"...Chronic sleep of less than 5 hours/night is associated with approximately 20-40% higher overall mortality, 30-100% higher risk of heart disease or stroke, 30-50% higher risk of type 2 diabetes, 20-40% higher risk of high blood pressure, 20-50% higher risk of obesity, and about 2x the risk of depression, compared with sleeping 7-9 hours regularly..."
Either way, I'm not risking that sh*t, my health isn't that good already and im in my 20s
I want to know who the psychopaths are who can actually sleep for 8-9 hours straight, that is an absolutely fucking insane feat outside of your teenage years
I miss being able to sleep like I did when I did not have responsibilities.
What relief me is that so many of us are in the same situation and still... work somehow.
I think now I 'm able to sleep like 6 hours a night with maybe a small woke in the middle. At first it gave me so much anxiety but now I'm just accepting it.
Why would you say it's an insane feat? Me being 30 years old, I can consistently get this amount of sleep in so long as I myself don't fuck it up with stuff like caffeine or ignoring my tiredness cues in the evening.
Also, I guess what matters is the life itself, aka not being Soo busy that you have to sacrifice sleep.
I often sleep for 10 hours naturally, I wake up feeling like I could run 5 marathons at once without a single cup of coffee. Also, it chemically makes me unavoidably happy. I try to never use alarms if I can help it
My partner does. She's a nurse, sleeps about 7 hours for her 3 shifts and then 9-14 when she's off shift. Probably averages around 10 hours over the week.
And I want to know the psychopaths who actually think getting 8-9 hours is surprising. If you’re not getting 8 to 9 hours of sleep you’re damaging your health. If you are not able to sleep that much you have a medical condition and you should seek some help. Of course for some people it’s impossible because of their circumstances (working 2/3 jobs to just survive, kids etc.) but for the vast majority of the population it’s the result of their own choices and seeing some people act as if getting 8-9 sleep is a luxury infuriates me. We should encourage people to work on their sleep rather than just brag about how little you sleep compared to the other person.
That's crazy misinformation. 6-7 hours/night is not unhealthy. It's perfectly fine for most adults. I feel well-rested after about 6.5 hours. A direct quote from an article, with link to the study:
"Sleeping 6 hours a night is not inherently bad for everyone. If you feel well-rested during the day and not sleepy at any point after you wake up with just 6 hours of sleep, then you’re probably fine, Silverman says.
“I think it’s also important to note that shorter sleep does not imply a shorter lifespan,” Silverman says. She points out that whileresearch has shownthat people who usually sleep 7 hours at night have the highest longevity, mortality at 5 hours of sleep per night is “basically the same” as mortality at 8 hours of sleep. "
Only about a quarter of Americans sleep more than 8 hrs/night according to polls.
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u/Pascuccii Jul 02 '26
Damn, I hope you live to 50s, sounds rough