eli5 what is the difference between sleeping until you cant anymore (12+ hours) and sleeping until you could get up (4-6 hours)?

206 views

What are the pros and cons of each situation?

In: 8

2 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

In the first situation you sleep long.
Pro’s: long sleep
Con’s: sleep too long

In the second example – you sleep short
Pro’s: up early
Con’s: sleepy

On a more positive note, I have no idea what you actually want to ask about

Anonymous 0 Comments

my amateur understanding of sleep is that researchers still don’t know why or how much sleep we need.

OTOH there are correlations between health/mental issues for both “too little” and “too much” sleep, compared to healthy people.

The best explanation I have heard is that if you can sleep, you should but sleeping 12 hours would likely indicate other issues as would only being able to sleep 4 hours