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Short sleeper syndrome (SSS) is a sleeping disorder in which you sleep for less than six hours every night. Most adults require seven or more hours. We explore scientific research to discover the difference between short sleepers and sleep deprivation, why some people don’t need much sleep, and the effects of being a short sleeper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":21728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-problems-sleeping","category-sleep-science"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nShort Sleepers: Why Don't They Need Sleep? 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