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Nah, you have just gotten used to being lower functioning. Like an alcoholic who still thinks he can drive equally well after 5 beers. At least, almost all of t
by seper8 3y ago
Nah, you have just gotten used to being lower functioning. Like an alcoholic who still thinks he can drive equally well after 5 beers. At least, almost all of the existing science points into this direction.
You aren't sleeping less because you need less. You have lost the ability to stay asleep for a healthy amount of time.
- bcrosby95 3y agoJust to add onto this with an anecdote, I experienced this phenomena for a smaller amount of sleep: 1-3 hours per night. But I had other physical effects such as a persistent headache - it was obvious it was bad for me. It took a lot of effort to reset my body to obtain a more healthy amount of sleep. I think I went about a month with 1-3 hours per night. The initial cause was "sleep regression in twins", but that was only for 2 weeks. The next 2 weeks was how long it took me to get my body to sleep more than a couple hours per night.
- tstrimple 3y agoWhile this is likely true, there are differences in the amount of time folks need to sleep in order to recover. There is a gene that is found to be associated with these short sleepers as well. Activating the gene in mice demonstrates a similar reduction in natural sleep cycles with no apparent impact on health. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/gene-identified-people-who-need-little-sleep https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/gene-id...