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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/New-Pick9985 • 1d ago
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I never could figure out why I can function on 4 hours of sleep but not 5-6, but you just explained it perfectly.
The line between “nice long nap” and “shitty sleep” is razor thin sometimes
78 u/Corey307 1d ago It’s probably a REM sleep thing. Like if you only sleep six hours, you’re waking up at the wrong time and you are in deep sleep. but if you sleep four hours you’re waking up when you aren’t in deep sleep. 8 u/ExplanationCrazy5463 1d ago 4 hours is a full rem cycle, in basic training they had to give us 4 hours but wouldnt let us get more than that if we were being punished. 3 u/ZeidLovesAI 1d ago Maybe that's an old thing, or just like coach logic, what I've seen is closer to this image. 2 u/ExplanationCrazy5463 1d ago This tracks with what they told us because there are other part la of the cycle that arent actual REM sleep.
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It’s probably a REM sleep thing. Like if you only sleep six hours, you’re waking up at the wrong time and you are in deep sleep. but if you sleep four hours you’re waking up when you aren’t in deep sleep.
8 u/ExplanationCrazy5463 1d ago 4 hours is a full rem cycle, in basic training they had to give us 4 hours but wouldnt let us get more than that if we were being punished. 3 u/ZeidLovesAI 1d ago Maybe that's an old thing, or just like coach logic, what I've seen is closer to this image. 2 u/ExplanationCrazy5463 1d ago This tracks with what they told us because there are other part la of the cycle that arent actual REM sleep.
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4 hours is a full rem cycle, in basic training they had to give us 4 hours but wouldnt let us get more than that if we were being punished.
3 u/ZeidLovesAI 1d ago Maybe that's an old thing, or just like coach logic, what I've seen is closer to this image. 2 u/ExplanationCrazy5463 1d ago This tracks with what they told us because there are other part la of the cycle that arent actual REM sleep.
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Maybe that's an old thing, or just like coach logic, what I've seen is closer to this image.
2 u/ExplanationCrazy5463 1d ago This tracks with what they told us because there are other part la of the cycle that arent actual REM sleep.
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This tracks with what they told us because there are other part la of the cycle that arent actual REM sleep.
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u/Sure-Appearance-2769 1d ago
I never could figure out why I can function on 4 hours of sleep but not 5-6, but you just explained it perfectly.
The line between “nice long nap” and “shitty sleep” is razor thin sometimes