Scientist Explains How Some People Need Only 4 Hours of Sleep | WIRED 

Give me that 4 hour sleep power

“School administrators have entered the chat”

I too have an alarm and don't know what it sounds like, i slept through it.

Lady: sleeps for 4 hours People with insomnia: *pathetic*

Thumbnail: Sleep 4 hours, wake up as a woman

Scientists: We need to isolate that gene, and make drugs to mimic the effect in everyone. Businesses: Welcome to the 16-hour workday!

Me: *sleeps for 3 hours Also me: *takes a 4 hour nap after school

4 hours less a night for your whole life is literally 13 years... That's just, like, unfair, dude.

What about the people that sleep for ages and still feel tired!

“Scientist discovers students sleep schedule”

her: sleeps 4 hours and wakes up ready me: sleeps 14 hours and wakes up tired

Scientist: *some people need 4 hours of sleep* Schools: *3. Take it or leave it.*

Basically she earns 4hours each day compared to others. that is literally a super power lol

Me: only needs sleep for 4 hours My mom: *ITS BEACUSE OF THAT GODDAM PHONE*

I’ve slept for only 3-4 hours since I was 13. I’ve always felt weird about it. I’m glad I came across this

Schools: “if they can sleep 4hrs then you can too.” Students: *bruh moment expression*

Me at 3am: I don't need sleep, i need answers.

Evolution be like “I’m tired of these alarms, delete that DNA sequence and make it recessive” loool

I'm energized when I sleep no more than 4 hours. If I sleep more than 6 hours I actually feel really sluggish and would yawn all day.

i'm so happy i found this video. I always wonder as to why I feel terrible when I tried sleeping more than 6 hours. I always experience soreness and body ache. I always have 5 hours of sleep and I feel great and energetic!

Scientist: There's also the habitual sleeper... Me: So basically every student out there?

4 hours? I need to become one of these PEOPLE

School hears this: gives out more homework

*Me suffering with depression.* How many hours do you sleep? Me: Yes.

Her: sleeps 4 hours, wakes up a princess Me: sleeps 4 hours, wakes up a monster

“Some people only need 4 hrs of sleep” **school has entered the chat**

Scientists: Some people only need 4 hrs of sleep per night. Students: Y'all just found this out now???

Wired: some people need only 4 hours of sleep... Asian students: Those are rookie numbers!

Students be like:

College students be like: "what is sleep? Is that some luxury thing we can get?"

I'll take my 8-10 hours of sleep, I need this time to escape reality.

Scientists: Short Sleepers gene discovered. Us programmers: Are we jokes to you?

Yeah, Imma need a video with scientists explaining why some people like me needs 12h of sleep a night.

"Human Evolution" now we're talking

High schools: “I see this as an absolute win!”

Everyone:" 4 hours is nothing " College kids"' what's sleep?"

Was this video funded by my high school?

For about eight years or so I haven't been able to sleep past 5 hours a night.

Neurologist: "So I discovered that if th-" Interviewer: "Mmmmmm" *Nods head repeatedly*

I would love to see the effects of sleeping 4 hours as a natural short sleeper on things like hypertrophy and physical recovery in athletes.

in my case i need more like 40 hours sleep a day

Legitimately convinced I have this. I consistently get 4-5 hours of sleep and there’s nothing I can do about it. The story about always setting the alarm and NEVER hearing it go off is incredibly relatable always set it and always end up turning it off when I wake up before it goes off.

I must be having this mutation. All my friends and family keeps telling me I need to sleep more, but I am energetic everyday with only 4-5 hours of sleep.

Teachers watching this: So, everyone is to finish a 10 page essay by tomorrow morning.

I am one of those fortune people. I sleep like 4-5 hrs and I’m good, that’s a full night for me. If I sleep too long I feel groggy and tired all day.

Who else is watching this when you should be asleep?

education system: no sleep allowed students: *improvise, adapt, overcome*

“I don’t really know what alarms sound like”

Science: discovers short sleep Students: *laughs in sleepiness*

They said “sleep” so many times, I fell asleep watching this. I think I have a mutation.

I can function on 2-4 hours sleep but somedays I can sleep 12+ hours what does science say about that?

I wasn't always a 4 hour sleeper...then I became a dad

Ppl with 4 hours of sleep: Yeah great who even needs sleep Me with 8+ hours of sleep: Why am I the only one tired here?

If I sleep 5rs: I'm tired 10 hrs: still tired 12 hrs: I vomit

This person has the power of living more time than most of us will, since she won’t be asleep as long as we do.

Scientists: *Just Discovered Short-Sleepers* College Students: Am I A joke to you?

Finally , “how to sleep for 8 hours in 4 hours “ meme has an answer.

This is interesting because my dr’s have always looked at my ‘lack’ of sleeping as an issue. I am one of those people who short sleep. If I even try to sleep past six hours my body feels like its sick, it’s horrible. Most don’t understand how I can function, but this is just normal to me.

I’m anemic so maybe that’s why but I don’t even feel well rested after 8-9 hours, i feel good after 11/12 hours of sleep

7:32 "There was no advantage to be short sleeper" Well, engineering student want to talk with you

School districts: We need to clone and propagate these people.

I need at least 9-10 hours or I feel like I'm dying.

2019's mutant super power: short sleeping, no jet lag, higher pain tolerance. Where's the gene therapy? Sign me up!

Schools: "I believe every word that man just said, because it's exactly what I wanted to hear"

Excuse me, this girl needs a spot in the X-Men, I don’t care what you say, THAT is A SUPERPOWER

I sleep 3-4 and I’m good, I do feel a little scared that it might have consequences on the long run

We’re just like batteries, we have different mAh

Students: "We are really tired, can you guys start later in the day?" Schools:

High school students: y'all are getting 4 hours of sleep? I'm getting like 2 College students: you get sleep?

7:43 the way he types is mildly infuriating

This is interesting. I notice that when I am strict with daily intermittent fasting, light cardio, and clean eating that I only need 5-6 hrs of sleep per night (meaning I wake naturally fully rested before the 6 hr mark). but outside that I need 8+ for sure, especially with poor eating and weight training.

“My first girlfriend turned into the moon”

4 hours is a little too low, but 5 hours is enough for me and I do actually feel awful if I sleep more than 7 hours.

I have always wondered why I only get EXACTLY 4 hours of sleep. I have all the traits described, ie. memory, multitasking, optimistic, intuitive, energetic (I run 9 miles a day) I’m in perfect physical health. I am in my 40’s but my energy level, libido and ability to learn and practice my knowledge is higher than men that are in my age range but sleep 8 hours a night. Im so thankful for this video because I am now interested in studying this more.

I knew a guy that only slept 2 hours a night, but his roommate said you could slap him and he wouldn’t wake up. He was in school full time, had a night shift job, went to the gym everyday. Someone should study his brain.

getting this recommended at 5am after not being able to go back to sleep

Nobody: kids in 2019: 4hours sleep before school

This interview was fascinating

jocko: allow me to introduce myself

*College students would like to know your location.*

Finally! I am living for this video! I am a naturally short sleeper. I usually sleep two hours, wake up to pee, sleep another two, and then get up for the day. I have waited my whole life for this kind of research to happen. I have most of those other traits they mentioned too, specifically the higher pain threshold and better memory.

I always told my mom that I felt good with 4-5hrs of sleep and if I slept 8 I would feel even more tired. I never understood why and thought there was something wrong with me. I’m glad I found this video

My whole life I've been struggling to force myself to sleep because you always hear you need 6 to 8 hours, then after 2 hours of trying give up because im wide awake. I feel 100% with 4 to 5 hours of sleep and it's nice to know this information. Since I was a kid I layed in bed for hours cause I "should" be sleeping.

I definitely think I have this. If I sleep more than 6 hours I feel like death. I feel much better with around 5.

when I was exercising regularly I only needed 4-5 hours of sleep. now I'm a loaf and sleep 7-8

I have been so relieved since I learned that my short sleeping is genetically based. Became aware of sleeping less in adolescence. I've always slept shorter than anyone I know. I believe that my dad was a 6 hour a night guy. Also, my mom was very sleep disordered and it runs in her side of the family for the females especially to be sleep disordered in terms of weird sleep habits. I've gone through most of my adult life with between 3 to 5 hours sleep per night. Hard for me to sleep past 3 hours unless I'm really exhausted. But I do try and get 5 hours, because I have been worried that less was going to kill me. Now I know, if I sleep four and a half hours or whatever then just go with the flow. I have an incredible memory which both my parents had, but my dad had a photographic memory, which I inherited. I'm a natural optimist, which pulls me out of the myriad reasons I have for depression and anxiety. I'm known for my excellent memory among my friends. Have exceptional autobiographical memory. Life has been rough so at least I got some kind of genetic lottery! Now I can really appreciate it. Now I know it's not going to kill me and that I'm not a complete freak! It is truly such a relief to know that I'm a natural short sleeper and that it's a thing! Hats off to the researchers who have found the genetic mutation which causes this unusual pattern! And hallelujah that I'm one of the lucky ones in this regard!

“What is the actual definition of a Short Sleeper?” ... Is that a joke?

Every student on earth: Aight, give me that power.

I’ve never felt rested in my life. How I do

I honestly think I have this. I’ve been only sleeping 4 hours since I was in freshman and I’ve always felt great but any time I got more I felt so sleepy I hated it. People always said I just had some type of insomnia but I don’t get it.

"Levi has entered the chat"

I convincing myself really hard that im one of these people

People with impaired cognitive function be like, "I totally survive off 5 hours of sleep and I feel fine."

woww I didn't know this was normal, I've been short sleeping my whole life getting 4 hours sometimes getting 2-3 hours too. it's a really weird thing, I always feel fine when I get less sleep.

So, for the next D&D5e update, could we lower the long rest time?

I feel like this is me.

Does this mean I have the weird gene? Cuz when I get 5 hours I feel like amazing and wide awake and I don’t get it. But when I sleep more than that I just keep waking up and trying to force myself to sleep. And I feel awful after 5+ hours of sleep.

Doesn't really explain anything. So they have a different gene, and that's why they sleep less? Err, OK? Now tell me what that gene actually does and why they aren't tired?

Prof Xavier: What kind of powers do you have? Me: I can sleep for 4 hours and felt amazing everyday. Prof Xavier: You're in!!!

Any short sleepers watching this video while everyone else is sleeping?