Interesting idea! I had never heard of that before. It reminds me of siestas. |
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BBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleep |
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Interesting idea! I had never heard of that before. It reminds me of siestas. |
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“Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.”
Saw this before. It is interesting. |
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I don't really believe there is much "myth" to the eight hour sleep. What almost every sleep pattern except for polyphasic sleep has in common is that it adds up to generally between 6 and 8-9 houts of sleep. I think the real problem lies with stress, bad diet and insufficient exercise. We can see the trend particularily in america where over 30% of the population are on sleeping pills. Which is a crazy amount, but does link up with huge amount of obesity and signs of stress which america is notorious for. |
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sleep is definitely variable relative to the amount of both physical and psychological stress you are receiving. |
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I'm not entirely sure if sleeping longer is bad for us. There have been studies that link oversleeping to diabetes, headaches, and obesity. I am not sure how accurate these studies are and if it has any reliable scientific proof. |
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Yes I get tired if I sleep more than ten hours long, I heard that both polyphasic sleep and oversleeping can be bad for your health because, with polyphasic sleep you are not given your spine the amount of rest it needs, and with oversleeping your back is reclined in one position for two long. I wouldn't say this would apply for 10 or 11 hours but I think 18 hours is definetely way to much. |
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