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You do not need eight hours of sleep (aka the 8-hour sleep myth)
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2024
- The media is obsessed with telling us that we need eight hours of sleep. In fact, very few of us actually need eight hours of sleep - and most healthy sleepers don't get eight hours of sleep.
Learning that we can't control how long we sleep and that there is no "one-size-fits-all" sleep duration is a key part of the sleep education component of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).
Having a better understanding of sleep and knowing exactly what 'normal' sleep really is can help reduce any inappropriate or incorrect sleep thoughts you may have - and this can really help improve your sleep over the long-term.
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This was a game changer for me ... anxiety about sleepless nights went away! Thank you so much for sharing this truth & study analysis perspective!
I am so happy to hear this, Cynthia! We all have an individual sleep requirement, just as we all have an individual shoe size. There is no "one size fits all" when it comes to sleep!
Me too.
I get 5 to 6 hours a night, I work out close to 2 hours a day, eat around 2000 healthy calories, work 5 days a week have normal blood pressure and do intermittent fasting AND am not a young fella. The 8 hrs a night is just an arbitrary number based on loose science.
I love it! Thank you so much for sharing, Roger!
What do you do for work?
Just like having 3 meals a day is a joke as well. I would say 6 hours at least.
Two hours a day?! What do you work for?
I believe work out is do exercises like weight training and so.
I have this theory that when I sleep 6 hours it’s more deep and restful. If I sleep more it seems less deep. It’s like a workday when we reduce the hours we tend to be more productive.
That makes sense - the longer we sleep, the more lighter sleep we get, since our deepest and most restorative sleep happens in the first few hours of sleep.
I feel very fine at 6 hour sleep but feel sleepy on 8 hour sleep.
Interesting! After a certain amount of sleep, the rest of our sleep is going to be lighter and more fragmented - and this longer period of reduced sleep quality might heighten our feelings of fatigue.
@@InsomniaCoachthat's how I feel to when I sleep more like 8 to 10 hours it's like I feel more groggy an delirious though out the day it's probably because I'm putting to much effort to get more than what I need.
the 8 hours sleep myth lead me to insomnia and all nighters for half a year. i was lying around looking at the clock and struggling to get 8 hours. and in case i get 8 hours continuously on a daily basis for 4 or 5 days, i won´t be able to sleep on the 6th day. the hours of sleep i indeed need is somewhere between 4 and 6 hours and i function perfectly. less that 4 hours however are too less for me
Thank you for sharing, Armani!
For me this number is 6.5 hrs sleep. It's not just enough but ideal for me. I feel it's the quality of sleep that matters not the quantity.
Thanks for sharing! I would agree that quality can often be more important than quantity!
A huuuugee relief!!!!! At 72 i have beenn Trying tto take care of my health really for the ffirst time in myy life and i feel fine. Laying here at 4 in rhe morning wanting to get up. Thank yyouuuuuu!!!!
I feel energetic and refresh after 3 to 5 hrs of sleep
Thanks for sharing, Sheban!
Yeah the most I sleep is like 5 hours
@@maximilianraphael9853 Do you still sleep for 5 hours??
I sleep around 5 hours a night and have majority of my life
Thanks for sharing, Tanner!
Wow lol
I’ll still sleep 8 hrs whenever possible. Thank you
If you regularly sleep eight hours, that's great!
great video! I had a mate who used to work two jobs and was on 2 hours of sleep a night lol, you dont need 8, youll be completely fine, but becareful driving
You’ll be completely fine, but be careful driving….hmmm are you sure you’ll be completely fine…
There's a difference between chronic insomnia and sleep deprivation, that's for sure! ua-cam.com/video/_dPWDYW-YgE/v-deo.html
I can sleep but not 8 hour straight, i usually sleep at 10 but suddenly woke up at 1 or 2 and i feel good ,but at 8 or 9 i feel exhausted but i cant sleep is this normal ?
If you go to bed around 10:00 PM and get out of bed around 8:00/9:00 AM then you are spending up to eleven hours in bed. When we are sedentary for that long, it's not unusual to feel a sense of fatigue. You might want to try setting yourself up with a sleep window to reduce the amount of time spent in bed to more closely match your average nightly sleep duration. Here's some more information on that: insomniacoach.com/sleep-restriction-therapy/
Thanks for this video. People be screaming pit left,right and centre to me that I should sleep more. Also, I would like to ask one thing as you mentioned 5½ hours. Is it okay if someone is taking less sleep and working perfectly fine.
There might be something wrong with me but for some reasons I'm not able to sleep for more than 1½ or 2 hours at max in one go. Every night, I sleep for this amount of time and I wake up and I've started to drink water in that period but even if I do nothing I usually fell asleep again in few minutes for another same circle and in total I'm not able to sleep kore for than 4 hours and I feel I'm fully functional with that muvh amount as when I'm at home and I'm being forced to sleep more. I've felt I'm always sleep for whole day and unable to work. It feels like I'm always sleepy when I take more sleep. Is it okay that I'm fully functional at 4 hours of sleep or are they some kind of side effects of less sleep ? Thanks
I've been going to bed around 11:30 or 12 a.m. and waking up between 6 and 7 am, trying to get back to sleep for another hour I hear everything around me but obviously my body doesn't need that much and I wake up feeling good through the day. I might try to fall asleep or nap again around 3 p.m. in my office but I take a walk instead keep myself going.
Thanks for sharing, Mike!
is it ok if i sleep when ever i feel and wake up when ever i feel rather than just force it?
The ideal way to go about pretty much anything involving your body is to listen to it and understand it. Eat when you actually are hungry rather than peckish, sleep when you are actually tired. If you’re at the office and you can’t focus, don’t force it, stand up and stretch maybe, use the restroom and try again. It really is that simple.
I think that's always the goal - if it doesn't seem to be working out for you, though, that's when you might consider being a bit more regimented with how much time you allot for sleep - at least for the short-term.
For proper muscle recovery and fat loss, do you actually need that much sleep?
I'm only asking because between trying to be successful and looking good in the process...
It's really hard to decide.
Time is your greatest asset and I'm losing time when I sleep.
Here's the thing - we can't make ourselves get a certain amount of sleep. When we try, we tend to make sleep more difficult. All we can do is give ourselves enough time to sleep and let the body take care of the rest.
The body adapts that’s what it’s best at. Quality over quantity. Lots of successful people get 4 hours so sleep a night including tiger woods
@@blessedheart3917 Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
I am 14 years old and I am good with 7-8 hours of sleep a night sometimes I just need 6 hours and sometimes I need 9 hours.
And BTW I am Jacob Pacheco it is Dorothy Pacheco because I am on my mom's account
Thanks for sharing!
I am an endurance athlete and i always plan to sleep 8hrs but i always end up 6hrs of sleep and it is just automatic once i reached 6hrs i wake up. Is it bad for an athlete? I am 33yo. Cheers from Philippines!
I don't know of any evidence that says sleeping six hours is bad for an athlete. In any case, you cannot control sleep duration - your body takes care of that all by itself!
I have a pretty silly question. Is 5 hours and 46 minutes closer to 6 hours by any chance?
I am retired and it seems like the more I stay in bed and sleep the more fatigued I feel.
Hey sir I have a question, is it ok to sleep for 4hrs (ex. 10pm-4am) and then sleep for another 4hrs again in the afternoon (ex.12pm-4pm)?
That's up to you - if that sleep pattern helps you live the kind of life you want to live, what right does anyone have to tell you that it's not OK?
@@InsomniaCoach so meaning there is no right or wrong way of sleep pattern? Just do what's best for you?
@@joyersmaxwelltulosa6913 If that feels good for you and you are living a happy and healthy life, why change?
i am relieved...
Eversince I hit menapause and sleep is gone.
Always been my problem for now when I sleep at 11PM then I had 2-3 awakenings at midnight I wake up at 6 AM then I will compute the sleep I had like I lost 30 minutes trying to get back to sleep during awakenings and I try to get back to sleep till 8 AM.
It's not unusual to spend around 30 minutes awake during the night - a small amount of wakefulness during the night is actually a normal part of sleep!
are you still having this problem? I am going through it
@@gibememoni not often now, finally my sleep drive is gettin better but I often sleep at 1AM-2AM nowadays
What about for muscle recovery? How much sleep is needed for maximum recovery?
That would be outside my area of expertise, unfortunately. What I can say is that the body prioritizes the deepest, most restorative sleep so I would guess that less sleep is needed than many people might think.
My usual sleep duration is 6-7 hrs without any alarm.
Thanks for sharing, John!
I almost destroyed my life by sleeping for around 11 hours a day😢
I’ve been working on 8 hours of sleep per night. Because it’s a goal not the rule. It’s solid medicine to base my life around my sleep
If that's working for you, great!
It’s been going good. Thanks for the compliment
Is six hours of sleep enough for a normal human of age between 19 to 25 years?
It might be - we all have our own sleep "requirement" and sleep duration is not something we can control, anyway! As long as we give our body the opportunity to sleep, it will generate (at the very least) the minimum amount of sleep we need.
I can't sleep while under the blanket and can't stay awake outside because of cold. What can i do?
Why do you feel you can't sleep while under a blanket?
so the conclusion is, we just get into the flow, no need to force anything, right?
We can't control sleep, so trying to force it doesn't usually help!
Watch boring videos
My friend sleep for 12 hours a day 😂 and i sleep for 7 hour
Mostly people are saying that older people have less sleep. Is there any truth in it for those above 60
Thanks for the great question! Typically, as we get older we experience less overall sleep and less deep sleep. That doesn't mean we are predestined to develop insomnia as we age, though - just that our sleep does change as we age! I covered this in a separate video: The importance of setting realistic sleep goals when you have chronic insomnia - ua-cam.com/video/bHN76nQpMxo/v-deo.html
I get 8 to 9 hours of sleep every night
Read me guys, I'm going on spontaneous amounts of sleep lately trying to get on track. Unfortunately I'm doubting I will ever get it perfect it seems like I'll have to live with what I can get. If I get at least 6 hrs I'll settle. Now I just need to adjust to a decent schedule bcuz I'm all over the place. Truth is I'm on like video 6 of ppl going back n forth on why 8 vs 6hrs are enuff blah blah truthfully I just stopped after suddenly realizing my brother sleeps HOURS this man sleeps on command granted I think he has cognitive issues (genuinely) bcuz bless his heart he is slow af but he doesn't get ish done he's not getting any benefits from all his sleep so ppl seriously find your sweet spot & do your best. Dumb ppl & lazy ppl vs thinkers n doers will have different needs & experiences. What does it matter if you sleep 8hrs but you don't self improve. I'm done. Unfortunately I have bags under my eyes but it's too late lol I just gotta do better & improve where I can. I'm actually a very sharp guy. Just want to age well
Thanks for sharing! As you implied, sometimes it can be helpful to focus our attention on the things we *can* control that will help us live the kind of life we want to live, even in the presence of difficult or uncomfortable stuff that we cannot control.
I get 4 hrs. I'll be super happy if I get 5
Thanks for sharing!
8 hours is just a bunch of parrot influencers living in their eco chambers. Completely out of touch with the public
I like to think their words come from a good place, but they aren't always all that helpful!
I need 8 for my bodybuilding
Are you currently getting eight hours of sleep at night, Ghazzy? If so, that's great - some people are able to consistently generate eight hours of sleep each night, but I think they're in the minority!
I am 16 years old. Is 6-6:30 hours enough for me?
Not really. You are still developing and sleep is much more important for you than others that are older. You should actually strive for the full 8 hours
According to the National Sleep Foundation, it's thought that teenagers without a sleep disorder should get around eight to 10 hours of sleep, but seven to 11 hours may be appropriate for some. With that being said, happy and healthy people exist outside of average ranges, so you might want to determine whether you're getting enough sleep based on how you feel.
@@InsomniaCoach umm I'm 14 years and sometimes I get like 4 or 5 hours sleep the other day maybe like 7 or 8 hours
Is it gonna affect anything?
I don't feel too tired and all though.
I sleep late at night like it'll be atleast 3am everyday and wake at 7 or 8
@@neutrino137 If you are spending more than five hours in bed every night then I would expect you to be getting more than five hours of sleep at your age. If you get less than five hours of sleep on most nights I would suggest talking to a doctor. If you only get less than five hours of sleep every now and then, that is not too unusual because we all have nights of less sleep every now and then.
@@InsomniaCoach ohk thank you sir
I'm 18 y/o is 7.5 hrs good enough?
The recommended sleep duration for someone aged 18 is 7 to 9 hours but it's recognized that 6 to 11 hours may be appropriate, too. Happy and healthy people always exist outside of the established "averages".
I’m 17 and get 7 every night
How do you feel after seven hours of sleep, Phil? Does it feel like enough for you? If so, it could well be enough for you!
@@InsomniaCoach it’s not that good for me. My body aces and my thought process is slowed. Thankfully my time allows for more sleep.
@@philjohnson4607 Glad to know you are getting more sleep, Phil!
I'm non functional without at least 10 hours I'm 28 btw.
Thanks for sharing! Just as there are short sleepers out there, there are long sleepers, too!
You're giving the impression you believe everyone is the same and we're not. Personally I function best sfter 8 hours uninterrupted sleep. Otherwise im a beeotch. That's me.
If you don't mind not getting the most production out of your body and suppressed testosterone then listen to what this guy is saying
Does every person who averages seven hours of sleep generate less testosterone than every person who averages eight hours of sleep? I wonder if more goes into "body production" and testosterone production than the number of hours of sleep we get?
Its rediculous to say you don't need 8 hours of sleep. Wait til you reach 86 like me, and then you will find out that you will need more that 8 hours of sleep.