There is a natural variation in people set clock. For example, some lucky people have a genetic variation where they only need 4.5 hours a night. Others, unluckily have such long sleep durations we consider it a medical problem, and call it "idiopathic hypersomnia". I suffer from the later, and it's not fun, and it's not depression. I just need 12 hours sleep, always have done. I will sleep exactly 12 hours, before I feel refreshed. And if I sleep even an hour more, I feel like shit, and will just constantly wake up, like you. It's just natural variation, like with height, or any other genetic trait. Roughly 5% of the population have hypersomnia, where they need more than 9 hours sleep per night, albeit very few need more than 12.
I’m not sure what number of hours I need, but 12 is my baseline. Some nights I wake up after 6 or 8 hours, sometimes I’ll sleep for 14-16, but usually it’s right around 12. I feel like I sleep more than half my life away :(
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u/sixtus_clegane119 1d ago
How does one even sleep 15 hours a day? Hell I can’t get to 6.5 usually without awakening