What is the healthy number of hours of sleep for a human body?

Cebu, Philippines
March 12, 2018 12:32am CST
I worked in a BPO industry, wherein we always change our schedule every after 3 months. Sometimes we get to choose what schedule we like, there are also times wherein we get disqualified to do so. So, my schedule just changed from 9:30 pm to 3:00 am. I've been working the night shift for 3 years so my body is already used to sleeping during the day. I just had my first 3 am shift earlier and even if I already had 7 hours of sleep I still feel so sleepy and lousy . More often than not even if I sleep 8 full hours or 10 hours I'd still feel the same. Is this still normal? So what do you think is a healthy number of hours of sleep?
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@Katiepie (117)
• Okotoks, Alberta
12 Mar 18
I need at least 8! Lol
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• Cebu, Philippines
12 Mar 18
me too. I am very moody when I sleep less than 8.
• New Delhi, India
12 Mar 18
Basically it is 5-6 hours.
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@Shavkat (137214)
• Philippines
12 Mar 18
As far as I can remember, it should be 8 hours.
@mohit459 (12568)
• Haldwani, India
13 Mar 18
It's 8hrs.. But for sleep lovers like me there is no such number
@deba12 (2951)
• India
12 Mar 18
I think it's normal. I am also like you. I go to bed at 11:30pm and wake up at 7:30am, still I feel sleepy all the day.
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@Antman18 (78)
13 Mar 18
Almost 6 hours of good sleep is enough but by aging we need a time to take off sleep so 8 hours is necessary but sleep in day is waste it will affect our human body
@NoorNoor (2131)
• India
12 Mar 18
I always think this is completely depend on individual.Some of my family members sleep 8 hours Continuously.but I can't seep many hours continuously.
@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
12 Mar 18
Sleeping during the day is never enough. There is something about night sleep
• Russian Federation
12 Mar 18
8, but I sleep so much quite rarely. I heard that if you sleep in the afternoon, you should sleep 1.5 hours, or 3 hours or 4.5 hours and soon (not 2 or 4 hours like many people do)
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
12 Mar 18
Normally it is 8 to 10 hours. This is when we sleep in the usual time (night). Sadly, working in a BPO disables us to get the normal time of sleep, wherein, the more our body looks for it. Our body would need to adjust to the different times. Either you get insomnia or feel the need to sleep more.