Poll of the Day > How many hours of sleep do you get every night?

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usually 7-8 but I've been sleeping 5.5-6 this whole week

I'm so tired

5 is average. 6 on the weekends.

5 or 6 on a work night

7 or 8 on a weekend

Remember when Zeus said humans don't need more than 6 hours a night

About 6 usually but I have nights where I get more

Usually 6 or 7. I wish I could still sleep in on my off days but I always automatically wake up after 7 hours now

I usually get 3 drunk hours of sleep.

You can survive apparently. For me, all the pain is condensed into the first 30 minutes and then I'm fine.

Zareth posted...

Remember when Zeus said humans don't need more than 6 hours a night

That's not technically wrong, depending on what age you're talking about.

The amount of sleep humans need on average changes over the years. As you get older, you need less sleep. Once you're past 60 or so, you could probably get by on 6 hours worth of sleep and be perfectly fine. Or at least some people could.

The numbers are complicated because different people have different biology (so one person might do fine with less sleep than someone else their same age), and because the amount of REM versus non-REM sleep you're getting also changes the dynamic - if you get 8 hours of sleep every night but it's shallow sleep that never reaches a deeper state, you're going to feel more exhausted and disoriented than someone who is only sleeping 6 hours but has the perfect balance of stages (incidentally, this is part of why passing out from alcohol doesn't really count as restful sleep even if you sleep for a full night). Things like sleep apnea can complicate that even more, as it can keep you from reaching deeper levels of sleep.

It's also worth noting that most modern studies imply that more than 8 hours is actually worse for adults than not getting enough sleep. It puts less stress on the body to get not enough sleep than getting too much sleep does.

It's also worth remembering that you can't "catch up" on sleep. If you only sleep 6 hours a night during the week but then sleep 12 hours on weekends, you're not balancing things out, you're making things much worse for yourself.

Half the year I get between 5-6 and the other half I get 6-7. My shift either starts at 5 AM or 6 AM and I wake up early to workout before work because it's too hard to find time after work with two kids at home. It would be nice to adjust when I go to sleep based on whether I'm starting at 5 or 6, but not really feasible.

Oh and then there are the nights where I get like 3-4 because we get called in to plow snow in the middle of the night, but that doesn't screw my schedule up much, just means I can't run those mornings.

7

Just popped some melatonin il be out for 9 hours

Most non-summer nights I get between six and eight hours. On the hotter evenings, I don't sleep as well, and get roughly four to six hours if I'm lucky.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

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Well he basically said that getting more than 6 hours of sleep was bad for you, period

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About 4 hours on average.

Between 5 and 6, usually.

Zareth posted...

Well he basically said that getting more than 6 hours of sleep was bad for you, period

do you keep a diary of what gets posted here

I guess about 5 these days.

I sleep more than 8 hours every 24 hours these days.

Zareth posted...

Remember when Zeus said humans don't need more than 6 hours a night

No, but it sounds about right. I could see myself saying that for healthy adults.

Zareth posted...

Well he basically said that getting more than 6 hours of sleep was bad for you, period

"Basically" is a weasel word. Are you claiming that I stated it as a general rule for healthy adults? Because that sounds fine. Otherwise, you're likely ignoring the context of the greater conversation to which it was a response.

potdnewb posted...

do you keep a diary of what gets posted here

He keeps it next to his enemies list and journal of ramblings.

7 recently, but I need 9 to feel rested.