Quote Originally Posted by lvlindless View Post
I read this book called "powerful sleep" and the guy basically says shorter periods of sleep (around 5 hours or so) will make you sharper, more energetic, and overall healthier. Of course he said the sleep has to be better, by improving it with comfort, diet, and all this stuff along with it.

So, skipping the later REM periods doesn't matter? The guy says the common misconception is that 8 hours is too long, and that we really need only about 5 - 6 hours or something. Well... Then wouldn't you not be able to have lucid dreams? But... You would have a better sleep schedule and it would improve your life quality I'm guessing.

What do you guys know on the subject?
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It varies from person to person. I cannot function a full 14-15 hours then without having take power naps if I only sleep 5-6 hours.

But you can also adjust. Like during highschool, I used to function fine off 7 hours of sleep. Now I need atleast 8-9 hours of sleep because that's what I've become used to during college.

I wouldn't give up dreaming to have "more time" - those hours are my get away from the stressful reality of the waking.

And actually, if you sleep only 5 hours or less a night, you risk gaining weight even more than those who sleep over 10 hours. I remember reading some study about it the newspaper a long time ago.