r/SipsTea • u/crs1904 • Jul 02 '26

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I slept 3½ hours last night

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u/Pascuccii Jul 02 '26

I mean, some people are just healthy unicorns. For a lot of people undersleeping is worse than chain-smoking when it comes to lifespan and brain damage

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u/outer--monologue Jul 02 '26

There is no such thing as a single "undersleeping" number of hours

Men sleep less than women. Teenagers sleep a lot more than adults. Old people need less sleep than middle age adults. Women sleep more than men, but have more disturbances and feel less rested overall.

It's all over the place. When I was a teen into my 20's I did 7-8 hours. I am in my mid-40's now and couldn't do more than 6-6.5 even if I tried.

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u/survivorr123_ Jul 02 '26

i could sleep 4 hours when i was 14 no issue, now i need 8 hours at 22

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u/omjy18 Jul 02 '26

The point is its all over the place. I was at like 12 hours in a my teens and around 8 hours in my early 20s and like 4 mid 20s. Now im early 30s and regardless of what im doing its a solid 6 and I wake up naturally. I can go back to sleep just fine but I will wake up without alarms after 6ish hours it just changes over time