It's a shame sleeping extra doesn't roll into the next day like staying up late does. amirite?

A battery can only be charged to 100%.

by External_Fun4018 1 week ago

Interesting. I can usually roll my extra sleep into the next day. If I happen to sleep for 10 hours for some crazy reason then the next night I can sleep for 6 and feel completely rested the next day.

by madeline62 1 week ago

I can usually roll my extra sleep into the next day But if you need "8 hours a day"...that's 56 hours a week...so why can't I just sleep Friday night to Monday morning (58 hours) and then just stay up all week (Monday through Friday)?

by Trantowheaven 1 week ago

Maybe you can and you just haven't tried hard enough.

by madeline62 1 week ago

So I just sleep and stay in bed for January–March and then I'll be good for the rest of the year?

by Trantowheaven 1 week ago

Give it a try and let me know how it goes.

by madeline62 1 week ago

I'd turn it around honestly: stay awake for 60 years and then sleep for 30 until I die. But then again, I have a very big brain.

by Solid_Soup 1 week ago

That means you probably need only 6 to feel rested

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I don't think so. If I go two or three days in a row only sleeping six hours then I feel exhausted and need to sleep extra long at least one night.

by madeline62 1 week ago

You could be an exception but I take the scientific research over your anecdotal data even if I you were right. There's no point in arguing this really

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I didn't think I was arguing lol.

by madeline62 1 week ago

I didn't want to imply you were I meant to say this preemptively haha

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Medically implausible. It's more likely that you just feel more refreshed after sleeping for 10 hours than your norm - so when you miss some sleep you feel back at your norm. Sleep is like emptying out the trash can. You can't get it more empty than empty.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That would solve my life

by Anonymous 1 week ago

People who were in a coma would just not have to sleep for a few months

by Anonymous 1 week ago

There would 100% be people who sleep for a year then are awake for a year.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I know what you're trying to get at, but people need 8 hours of sleep, not 12. they could sleep for one year and then be awake for two

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I didn't know that. I might just have to read more into that

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah, it's a shame I can't just sleep for all of January–April and then be awake from May–December.

by Trantowheaven 1 week ago

For me it kind of does. Most days I can get by with 5-6 hours of sleep. On the weekend I get like 8. Then Sun night I usually have trouble sleeping and can end up with 3-4 hours before work on Monday, but I dont feel too bad.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

That's the problem with chronic sleep disorders. You think you don't feel too bad because it's become your norm, when in reality studies have shown lack of quality sleep increases your risk of stroke, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, dementia, etc.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

No, but if i sleep 4 hours 1 night and 12 hours the next, I'm back to being rested again

by brendoncasper 1 week ago

Our circadian rhythm is a bad dancer.

by Logical-Mind 1 week ago

Not only that, if you lose sleep there isn't "making it up" later. Sleeping less than the recommended amount is bad for your cognitive functioning and sleeping more doesn't correct the damage you do. You're always on a decline.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

All the people saying they kinda can: doesn't science literally say the opposite? You're not at 100%, you're just not.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Ah but it does for me. I am usually tired the next day because I had too much sleep. My tiredness is measured by the absolute value of my sleep debt.

by Estark 1 week ago