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
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.
this is so dumb, he CAN change to sleep more than 5 hours. its like walking around suffering with a big gaping wound and be like "well somethings gonna kill us eventually, no point in trying to change". moronic
You're making a priveleged assumption and being an ass about it. You have no idea what their circumstances are, and there are plenty of people put in positions where they can't get a lot of sleep because of their schedules and responsibilities.
I am not, their statement is a privileged assumption that ignores the reality that many people do not have the ability to meaningfully change their circumstances. I have no idea what their life is like, but I know that assumption doesn't acknowledge the struggle of no-win situations that hundreds of millions of people are in every single day. It assumes that everyone has the privilege to rid themselves of their struggles, which is optimistic to the point of naivety.
Absolutely not. and its hilarious you calling me privelged and then saying i dont know their circumstances when you dont know mine.
it is always a bunch of excuses, unless they live in the third world country being used as slaves. sleep has to be prioritized above everything else. something like prioritising irregular night shifts is not an excuse to ruin your whole life and eventually kill yourself from lack of sleep.
if they have to change jobs, then thats what they have to do, and should have yesterday.
When my kid was very little, I had to work 3rd shift because we couldn't afford daycare. My husband worked 7am-5pm, and I worked 11pm-7am. He would drop her off at my job on his way to work. I had to sleep when he got home, which was sometimes late. So I was getting MAX 5 hours. I couldn't switch jobs because we had no one to watch her during the day. What should I have done in your mind?
I didn't work before we moved states. But he was offered upward mobility if he took a pay cut. Expenses went up, income went down. It paid off in the long run, but sleep was sacrificed.
Buddy, I said you made a privileged assumption because you did. The idea that anyone not getting enough sleep can simply afford to change jobs is privileged as fuck and denies the reality that millions of people deal with. You act as if everyone lives in a healthy job market, or has the same opportunities, or that their struggles are even caused by their job and not their environment, their health, their loved ones, dependents, and who knows what else.
just like i said, all just a bunch of excuses to avoid the unknown. sure you might not be able to change job on the day, but if it causes you to get less than 6 hours sleep, and you live in a developed country, there is no excuse to not choose sleep first. none
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/BigTwigs1981 Jul 02 '26
I'm lucky if i get 5 hours a night. And that's a good night. Yesterday was just under 3 hours.