Starting from birth till my age now (19), I've estimated that I'm behind an accumulated 3000 hours of sleep. This is assuming that I needed 9 hours per day before 18 and 8 hours per day after 18. I suppose if I sleep 9 hours per day for the next 3000 days, I could theoretically make up this sleep debt. But is it worth it? I mean, I usually don't feel tired but maybe it's because my body has adapted to it.
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Posted 20 June 2014 - 04:27 AM
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Posted 20 June 2014 - 06:57 AM
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Posted 20 June 2014 - 12:30 PM
What PWAIN said. trust your hypothalamus to track and manage your sleep debt; if you don't set an alarm and have no present insomnia, you'll sleep as long as you need to.
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Posted 20 June 2014 - 05:38 PM
Guineverne, you totally misunderstood the concept of sleep debt. You haven't accumulated 3000 hours of sleep-deficit, that's just not how it works. I can assure, you, as soon as you sleep well for 2 or maybe 3 days, there is no sleep debt left. Sleep debt is what you have before a restfull night, after that, it's gone.
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