Is getting 6 hours of sleep one night and 10 hours the next equivalent to sleeping 8 hours and 8 hours?

Question

Is getting 6 hours of sleep one night and 10 hours the next equivalent to sleeping 8 hours and 8 hours?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Nope, sleep doesn’t “average” if you don’t sleep well your body can’t recover completely, you may recover if you sleep more the next day but you also need consistency, our bodies work in cycles and if you don’t have a schedule those cycles get messed up