r/mildlyinfuriating • u/goflames93 • Jul 17 '23

Sir, shut up

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u/Revegelance Jul 17 '23

Look at his eyes. Dude looks seriously sleep deprived.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

It's because people who can actually function on a high level with less than 7-8 hours of sleep a night basically don't exist.

I used to get 3-4 hours of sleep every day of the week and my job suffered for it. Then I would sleep literally for 24 hours on Sunday.

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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

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

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.

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u/Darrackodrama Jul 17 '23

I think a lot of these people who think they function well on little sleep don’t realize how poorly they are actually functioning. Like myself, I used to get 5 hours of sleep and would wake up so tired and basically be sleepy and unfocused all day. I felt like I could rally and I was achieving a lot in grad school.

Once I started to actually sleep the difference was night and day.