Sleeping pills may/do not improve sleep but due to their amnesic effects people THINK they sleep better under the influence of sleeping medication because they don’t remember being awake.
We as humans crave schedule and organization. Our body has an internal clock of its own, circadian rhythm. From our heartbeat to our sleep/wake cycle everything is governed by this clock.
According to scientific research, an average human is suggested to sleep 7 to 9 hours per night to function at their best. As humans, we spend about 26 years sleeping in our entire life; which is equal to 9.490 days or 227,760 hours.