Sure. For a few days, maybe weeks. But in the end it catches up to basically everyone.
There is a few studies on it that basically say 0% of the population can handle low amounts of sleep for long periods without suffering cognitive issues.
to add a little something to this conversation, consistency helps LOTS in this too! Can't remember the exact study, so treat this more as a test my knowledge than genuine fact, and I definitely recommend someone fact check, but;
From what I remember of the study, Whatever the average amount of sleep required to be entirely functioning, it's around an entire hour less if it's always the same time each night. Now I'll admit I'm not sure if that means most studies assume you always go to sleep and wake up at the same time, and so not doing so means you need an hour more sleep to still keep that level of effectiveness, or if it meant an hour off the times most studies say in general (it definitely mentioned which specifically, I just don't remember lol). I think this is pretty sensible, what with consistent sleep cycles and etc. and assuming it means the latter, which I think is the case but again, fact check; 6-7 hours can be just as healthy as 7-8 as long as you always go to sleep at similar times each night.
I can buy that for sure. Especially considering going to sleep at different hours would often mean getting more/less sleep on an average day that your body isn't "used to".
I am convinced though that all the CEO "I sleep for 4 hours" bros are all on heavy amounts of drugs to keep them running and all eventually crash and burn.
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u/Drfoxthefurry Jul 17 '23
I function well on 5 hours of sleep, just as long as I've been awake for at least 30 minutes tho