How can people sleep for over 8 hours?

[AmazonChick171]

I’ll be 26 this month and I get like seven hours a sleep a day or even 7 in a half. Sometimes eight hours.

One of my peers stayed up so late until about 3am he told me and he didn’t get up until 1pm. That’s 10 hours! I don’t know how he does it. He said it happens sometimes. He works but he works evenings so I guess it was okay. He’s lucky his ass got up on time today for work. He usually works from 3pm to 11pm.

[Lynx122]

I'm autistic and I just have to use more mental energy to function and so I get tired faster, something like that. So I've always slept long. As I've gotten older the hours have reduced but I still sleep more than most people my age. As I wrote in another post I just slept 14 hours yesterday because I was so tired from new years. I didn't even realize how tired I was. Sometimes I feel it and I'm like I'm gonna have to sleep a lot but sometimes I'm just focusing on what I'm doing and then my body lets me know later how much I asked of it.

I don't know about people who aren't autistic it's probably just differences in your body. Some people can barely sleep anymore when they're 40 and others can still sleep normally that's just how it is.

[msc545]

People sleep the amount that they need and different people have different requirements and needs relating to the amount of time they sleep. I personally usually sleep about 4 to 5 hours per night, which it seems to be enough for me. However, there have been times in my life when I slept as much as 9 hours or even 10 a few times when I was completely exhausted. My body takes the time it needs and so does yours.

[Massageman]

Due to rotating shifts in a job a few decades ago, my diurnal sleep patterns have been shot all to heck. My body wants to wake up around noon, and stay up until about 2:00 am or so. The best I can do is force myself to get up at a "normal" time, have a nap after lunch, and go from there.

[renodnol32]

For everyday you sleep less, you accumulate a sleep debt. So lets say you have a hectic week from Monday to Saturday and are not able to get much sleep. Lets say 4-5 hours each day. So you'll probably make use of a lazy Sunday to sleep for 10-12 hours.

[DryGermanGuy]

You just have to be tired enough. I once worked on an important project for three days and two nights straight and afterwards slept for 24 hours. I had no collection of driving home. Prefer not to do that again. 🫣

[NYCQuestions1976]

I've got to be really exhausted to sleep for 8 or more hours in a row. I usually sleep between 4 to 6 hours a night during the week, and sometimes a little bit more on the weekends.

[Sonorous]

Anytime I sleep over 8 hours, It's usually because it's too cold where I'm sleeping.

[AmeerX]

Sometimes I sleep long hours. Sleeping less is bad for our health. And sleeping too much is sign of depression. Hypersomnia and insomnia are both bad though.

[robocop666]

I normally sleep more and I sleep deeper too

[Potteplante]

They close their eyes and then they sleep.

[Malwi93]

that can happen if one is depressed

[Jxksxj]

I can only sleep for 5 or 6 hours