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Sleeping better Anonymous
Hokay, so here's the situation. I wake up at 7 usually.

go to bed at 11 = slug in the morning/general feeling of "want sleep" when I wake up

go to bed at 2am = much better wake up, some general sleepiness but no headache or weighty feeling.

I don't get it. Shouldn't 8 hours be optimal? So why do I feel good in the morning after only 5? This isn't going to work well when I start working out. I'm thinking I'm just waking up at the wrong time and in the middle of a deep sleep cycle so I feel like crap.

What's a guy to do?
>> Anonymous
>I'm thinking I'm just waking up at the wrong time and in the middle of a deep sleep cycle so I feel like crap.

You got it. Watch out for sleep debt.
>> Anonymous
>>59928

i read a book on it, and im now an expert.

my expert opinion is you are oversleeping. seeing as your body can function normally with 5.
>> Anonymous
All that crap about 8 hours sleep is not true, humans can function fine with 4 hours of sleep a night.
>> Anonymous
8 is just a generalized figure. If you can function well on 5 go for it. The important thing is to keep your sleep cycle consistent. Try to go to sleep and wake up around the same times each day.
>> Anonymous
I've read you always want to try to wake up between the beginning/end of each REM cycle, which is an hour and a half.
>> Anonymous
>>60439
Even more optimally, wake up at the same time every morning and then go to bed when you feel tired. Your brain will adapt to tell you when it really needs to go to sleep because it can rely on knowing how much sleep it's going to be getting (ie you won't wake up early and shortshrift it)
>> RSI guy !HjbWRiSTJ.
>>60422
"can function". sounds super healthy to me...

consider before we had light bulbs on late at night, humans slept naturally much longer than that. really, this would be a non-question if we just did what nature tries to make us do.