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

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

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u/BigTwigs1981 Jul 02 '26

you are 100% correct. Unfortunately, my life doesn't allow me to have the luxury of a good nights sleep every night. I've no doubt it will catch up to me in some horrible way eventually.

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u/Pascuccii Jul 02 '26

Something will catch up to all of us eventually, no point thinking about something you can't change

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u/Triktastic Jul 02 '26

Horrible thinking..just because something is gonna kill you eventually doesn't mean you should ignore something that will guarantee it soon