I decided to sleep at night, and 8 hours, no exception. Is this a too strict goal?

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[Levin]

Yeah, I saw some study not long ago that there was a measured health and memory benefit in sleeping 8 hours versus 6. It makes sense because we all have natural body rhythms throughout the day, and it's logical to suggest our ancestors didn't go to bed when it was 12am.

Sleep has always been something I've stuggled with. Some tips I've found useful are,

Keep busy and organised during the day. It'll make you more tired and if you're too giddy ie watching youtube crap before you go to bed, you won't want to sleep. Try and keep a routine where you're cooling down and not becoming overstimulated at 9pm.

Don't eat too late at night. Something I struggle with.

Try and keep on top of your emotions and stress throughout the day. Organise your day accordingly so it's not too stressful.

[es20490446e]

Saying wake up early, and start doing something with the most stressful topic ;)

[Wonderingguyy]

I mean it’s realistic and achievable so it sounds good. The only thing is, often when people tell themselves they’re going to sleep for a certain amount of time, they often struggle falling asleep! So maybe go to bed and wake up at a time that will allow you eight hours, but don’t constantly stress/think about getting 8 hours if that makes sense.

[es20490446e]

To me it happens the opposite, I'm stressed if I'm sleeping way too much! Hence I don't really get deep sleep.

Hence what I do is setting two alarms, one for a minimum and one for a maximum.

The minimum being 8, the maximum 9.5 hours.

Although most of the time 8 feels just right. Sometimes I stay in bed for like 20 minutes more.

[midnightmoon05]

Sounds normal to me. Most fall into this sleep schedule.

[es20490446e]

Most people that I know don't, and ask me to stay till late constantly.

[midnightmoon05]

What do you want?
I have to go by my life/my sleep patterns, not by what others tell me.

[Sour-rose]

it's perfect. ;D it's one way to keep healthy

[es20490446e]

👌😝💪

[BoopBoopBeep]

Most medical professionals who deal in sleep (and I've seen quite a few) would agree that 6-7 is all you need as an adult, but you do you I guess.

[es20490446e]

The observation is that most adults will wake up after 8 and 8.5 of sleep if they are left without alarm.

[BoopBoopBeep]

Who's observation? I've never known that to be the case and my sleep doctors claimed 6-7

[es20490446e]

It's a wide expert consensus that adults need, in the worst case, at least 7 hours of sleep. But most will awake between 8 and 8.5 hours if they use no alarm clock.

Some people will even need up to 10 hours in certain circumstances. More than that it's correlated with higher risk of illness.

There is less than 1% of people that only need 6 hours of sleep per day. People that are sleep deprived may not notice it because the body compensates it a variety of ways.

www.sleepfoundation.org/.../how-much-sleep-do-we-really-need
www.google.com/search

[BoopBoopBeep]

My doctors have always told me 7 for an adult male in my condition. I don't even know anybody who can sleep 8.5. Thank you for sharing.

[es20490446e]

Disclaimer: I'm half 🦥

[BoopBoopBeep]

Hahah... well that makes sense then.

[MrKinktastic]

That’s a good baseline. Just be understanding that every once and a while it’s worth missing a couple hours of sleep to have fun.

[es20490446e]

My observation is that people just want me to make exceptions to the rule all the time.

So if I allow exceptions, it's a never ending exception.

[bingbongbangbung]

No it's not, unless you have chronic insomnia or you usually avoid sleeping properly

[es20490446e]

What do you mean with avoid?

[bingbongbangbung]

So you pull all-nighters or only take multiple naps throughout the day

[Billlewis]

No, it should be doable, if your schedule permits.

[es20490446e]

Thank you.

[exitseven]

I think that your body will tell you hoe much you are going to sleep/

[es20490446e]

I usually wake up around 8 hours.

[NathanDavis]

how is it working so far?

[es20490446e]

It's not so easy, but I want to do it.

It feels like giving up almost all social life, plus the days you are changing times your mood swings more than what I have expected.

[NathanDavis]

so... how is it going?

[Meropatrick]

No its very Healthy

[es20490446e]

It is indeed!

[Jamie05rhs]

That's an excellent goal.

[es20490446e]

Thanks 👍

[Jamie05rhs]

You're welcome!

[Teriyaki70]

Totally up to you

[es20490446e]

😁😁😁

[Grovermint]

No...