Too much sleep = increased death rate - GoFuckYourself.com

On-top · 02-18-2002, 09:32 PM

Confirmed: Too much sleep really is for pussies.

Sleep hogs beware. A new study suggests that individuals who sleep eight hours or more a night actually have an increased death rate compared with those who average just six or seven hours. The findings appear today in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

http://scientificamerican.com/news/021502/2.html

SykkBoy · 02-18-2002, 09:44 PM

hell yeah...I;m gonna live to be 126 now....

Tam · 02-18-2002, 09:49 PM

Good grief, I am with you Sykk, I think I get 4 hours sleep a night, IF I am really lucky. I am in bed around 2 and up by 6 every damn morning. I do my best work at night after the kids are in bed and in the mornings after they go to school before the little one wakes up.

Tam

On-top · 02-18-2002, 09:51 PM

...but if you're one of the lucky ones who feel alert after six hours of snoozing, rest assured. Says Kripke, "From a health standpoint, there is no reason to sleep longer."

Damn, I'm going to kick my 3rd grade teacher's ass.

Theo · 02-18-2002, 09:51 PM

what's wrong with you guys!!!!! I can't believe it. Yesterday morning Wizd0m sent me this article. Today the same shit hits me in the morning. I sleep a lot you know.....

On-top · 02-18-2002, 09:54 PM

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Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
what's wrong with you guys!!!!! I can't believe it. Yesterday morning Wizd0m sent me this article. Today the same shit hits me in the morning. I sleep a lot you know.....

Hahaha..I know what you mean. I spent high-school, college, and the first part of my business career living on 4-6 hours a night...then I tried to get on a normal schedule. Now I'm having a hard time on less than 9. My mental clocks are all fucked up.

Jakke PNG · 02-19-2002, 05:48 AM

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Topic: Too much sleep = increased death rate

Damn, I always thought death rate was more or less 100%

drumsicle · 02-19-2002, 05:53 AM

From now on I'll will make sure I don't sleep more than 15 hours a day. It'll be good form health and I'll get more work done too.

spacedog · 02-19-2002, 08:29 AM

I'm lucky to sleep from 4:30 am to 8 am..

Danny_C · 02-19-2002, 01:53 PM

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Originally posted by Tam
Good grief, I am with you Sykk, I think I get 4 hours sleep a night, IF I am really lucky. I am in bed around 2 and up by 6 every damn morning. I do my best work at night after the kids are in bed and in the mornings after they go to school before the little one wakes up.

Tam

Actually, I read a more in depth article about the study, and people who sleep 4 hours a night or less have a higher death rate, too. The optimal amount of sleep is between 5-7 hours. 7 hours had the best results.

FATPad · 02-19-2002, 01:55 PM

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Originally posted by TeenGodFather

Damn, I always thought death rate was more or less 100%

So did I. LOL.

The things you learn on this board.

On-top · 02-19-2002, 01:56 PM

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Originally posted by TeenGodFather

Damn, I always thought death rate was more or less 100%

On a long enough timeline, it is 100%

death rate - The ratio of total deaths to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time. The death rate is often expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 of the population per year. Also called fatality rate.

Direktor · 02-19-2002, 01:58 PM

im sleeping 5avg. hours a day, how healthy is that.

TheFLY · 02-19-2002, 02:54 PM

I don't even have a clock in my room... I go to bed and wake up whenever the fuck I feel like it...

clocks=anxiety

anxiety kills... not sleep

[Labret] · 02-19-2002, 02:59 PM

Amen.

I sleep when I want, wake when I want.

If someone had to ask the me the best benefit of this job aside from cash money, it has to be sleep. Sometimes I have to pull some ugly hours, but for the most part I sleep until my body says it cant do it anymore. Sometimes I sleep till I feel sick. Oversleeping is almost as bad as a hangover.

According to the study, I will make it to 34.

02-18-2002, 09:32 PM	#1
On-top Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: IN Posts: 2,283	Too much sleep = increased death rate Confirmed: Too much sleep really is for pussies. Sleep hogs beware. A new study suggests that individuals who sleep eight hours or more a night actually have an increased death rate compared with those who average just six or seven hours. The findings appear today in the Archives of General Psychiatry. http://scientificamerican.com/news/021502/2.html

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SykkBoy Jesus loves bacon Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Sin City, Motherfucker Posts: 19,969	hell yeah...I;m gonna live to be 126 now.... __________________ Support my new movie “The Second Coming”

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Tam Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: In your face Posts: 8,488	Good grief, I am with you Sykk, I think I get 4 hours sleep a night, IF I am really lucky. I am in bed around 2 and up by 6 every damn morning. I do my best work at night after the kids are in bed and in the mornings after they go to school before the little one wakes up. Tam

02-18-2002, 09:51 PM	#4
On-top Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: IN Posts: 2,283	...but if you're one of the lucky ones who feel alert after six hours of snoozing, rest assured. Says Kripke, "From a health standpoint, there is no reason to sleep longer." Damn, I'm going to kick my 3rd grade teacher's ass.

02-18-2002, 09:51 PM	#5
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	what's wrong with you guys!!!!! I can't believe it. Yesterday morning Wizd0m sent me this article. Today the same shit hits me in the morning. I sleep a lot you know.....

02-19-2002, 05:53 AM	#8
drumsicle Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis Posts: 1,049	From now on I'll will make sure I don't sleep more than 15 hours a day. It'll be good form health and I'll get more work done too.

02-19-2002, 08:29 AM	#9
spacedog Yes that IS me. Bitch. Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 14,149	I'm lucky to sleep from 4:30 am to 8 am..

02-19-2002, 01:58 PM	#13
Direktor Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 529	im sleeping 5avg. hours a day, how healthy is that.

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TheFLY So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: http://www.thefly.net/ --- Quit your job and live off steady traffic. Posts: 11,856	I don't even have a clock in my room... I go to bed and wake up whenever the fuck I feel like it... clocks=anxiety anxiety kills... not sleep

02-19-2002, 02:59 PM	#15
[Labret] Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: Са́нкт-Петербу́рг Posts: 10,945	Amen. I sleep when I want, wake when I want. If someone had to ask the me the best benefit of this job aside from cash money, it has to be sleep. Sometimes I have to pull some ugly hours, but for the most part I sleep until my body says it cant do it anymore. Sometimes I sleep till I feel sick. Oversleeping is almost as bad as a hangover. According to the study, I will make it to 34.