Is it okay to sleep 12 hours a day?

We often say that people need 7-9 hours of sleep, but some people require more sleep to feel rested. “Long sleepers” are people who regularly sleep more than the average person their age. As adults, their nightly length of sleep tends to be 10 to 12 hours. This sleep is very normal and of a good quality.
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Is 12 hours sleep too much?

How Much Sleep Is Too Much? Sleep needs can vary from person to person, but in general, experts recommend that healthy adults get an average of 7 to 9 hours per night of shuteye. If you regularly need more than 8 or 9 hours of sleep per night to feel rested, it might be a sign of an underlying problem, Polotsky says.
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Why am I sleeping for 12 hours a day?

Oversleeping is called hypersomnia or “long sleeping.” This condition affects about 2 percent of people. People with hypersomnia might require as many as 10 to 12 hours of sleep per night to feel their best.
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Is it OK to sleep 12 hours a night?

We often say that people need 7-9 hours of sleep, but some people require more sleep to feel rested. “Long sleepers” are people who regularly sleep more than the average person their age. As adults, their nightly length of sleep tends to be 10 to 12 hours. This sleep is very normal and of a good quality.
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How Much Is Too Much sleep?

The “right” amount of sleep proves somewhat individual as some people will feel great on seven hours and others may need a little longer. However, in most studies and for most experts, over nine hours is considered an excessive or long amount of sleep for adults.
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Can You Get Too Much Sleep?



Is it normal for a teenager to sleep 12 hours?

About teenage sleep needs and patterns

Most teenagers need 8-10 hours of sleep each night. Some need as little as 7 hours or as much as 11 hours. It's very common for children in the early teen years to start wanting to go to bed later at night and get up later in the morning.
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Can you be addicted to sleeping?

While most experts agree that a straightforward sleep addiction is not a medical condition, it is possible to develop an addiction to sleeping pills. This can lead to symptoms of hypersomnia. “Sleeping pills can successfully treat short-term insomnia,” Bodiu says.
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What is the longest someone has slept for?

Hypnotist Peter Powers holds the record for the longest time asleep. He put himself to sleep for straight eight days (188 hours) under hypnosis.
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How long is longest kiss?

A Thai couple has sealed a new record for the longest kissing, after locking lips for 46 hours, 24 minutes.
  • A Thai couple has sealed a new record for the longest kissing, after locking lips for 46 hours, 24 minutes.
  • The Guinness World Records still have to verify the latest "kissathon" for it to become official.
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Is it possible to sleep for 24 hours?

There have documented cases of people having as dramatic as 72 hour cycles, in which they would stay awake for 48 straight hours, and then sleep for 24 straight hours as a regular sleeping pattern. There are only a few known dramatic cases such as that though, and most cases fall within the 25 or 26 hour range.
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What is the longest FaceTime call in 2020?

Alexis and Caitlin chatted on FaceTime for 88 hours, 53 minutes, 20.00 seconds.
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Why do I love sleeping so much?

“If you are obsessed with sleeping or have an intense desire to stay in bed, you could be suffering from a condition called clinomania. That doesn't mean that there aren't people who can experience symptoms similar to addiction and even withdrawal in association with sleep, or lack thereof.”
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Is too much sleep harmful?

Too much sleep — as well as not enough sleep — raises the risk of chronic diseases, such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, anxiety and obesity in adults age 45 and older. Sleeping too much puts you at greater risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes than sleeping too little.
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Why do I want to sleep all the time?

The most common causes of excessive sleepiness are sleep deprivation and disorders like sleep apnea and insomnia. Depression and other psychiatric problems, certain medications, and medical conditions affecting the brain and body can cause daytime drowsiness as well.
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How do I stop oversleeping?

How To Stop Oversleeping
  1. Get Into a Routine. ...
  2. Create the Perfect Sleep Environment. ...
  3. Keep a Sleep Journal. ...
  4. Avoid Oversleeping on the Weekends. ...
  5. Put Technology Away. ...
  6. Create Healthy Eating Habits During the Day. ...
  7. Avoid Napping. ...
  8. Exercise During the Day.
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Is 12 hours of sleep too much for a 16 year old?

Importance of Sleep

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has recommended that children aged 6–12 years should regularly sleep 9–12 hours per 24 hours and teenagers aged 13–18 years should sleep 8–10 hours per 24 hours.
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Why do girls sleep with their leg up?

"Having both legs up during sleep would pull weight off the pelvis, and could potentially help someone with low back pain, but one leg up may do the opposite," says Breus. Do you sleep with a pillow between your legs at night?
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Does sleeping too much shorten your life?

According to the NHS, “most adults need between six and nine hours of sleep every night.” Though now, a new global study has found that people who sleep for more than eight hours a night have a greater risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death.
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Does oversleeping make you more tired?

Research bears out the connection between too much sleep and too little energy. It appears that any significant deviation from normal sleep patterns can upset the body's rhythms and increase daytime fatigue.
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Do long sleepers live longer?

'Speculative' Results? There was a 65% higher death rate for people who regularly slept less than 5 hours on all nights, compared with people who regularly slept 6 to 7 hours per night. There was a 25% higher death rate for people who averaged 8 hours or more of sleep on all nights.
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How long can a human possibly sleep?

In terms of normal healthy sleep, the answer seems to be about 20-30 hours. There are two conditions under which people have been found to sleep for this long: After going continuously without sleep for several days, people have been seen to sleep for up to 21 h.
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What is a person who sleeps a lot called?

Hypersomnia is a condition in which people have excessive daytime sleepiness. This means they feel tired during the day. Hypersomnia can also include situations in which a person needs to sleep a lot. This may be due to other medical conditions, but can also be due to a problem in the brain.
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Do you get paid if you break a world record?

As the world's unrivalled authority on record-breaking achievement, our role is to celebrate the world's best, to inspire ordinary people and to entertain and inform. For these reasons, we do not pay record-breakers for their achievements or for carrying out a record title attempt.
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What is the longest message in the world?

Kenneth Iman's LTE is 21425 characters long. The Flaming-Chicken LTE (the original) is a whopping 203941 characters long!
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