As a general rule, adults should get between seven and eight hours of sleep per night. However, we know that everyone’s bodies are different, and therefore their needs, are different. While some people are good with seven to eight hours, other people may need more than that and others function perfectly well on less. The same goes with insomniacs; every one who suffers from insomnia is going to experience the condition at different amounts of sleep. For someone who needs more than the recommended hours of sleep per night, they may experience the negative symptoms of insomnia while still getting five or six hours of sleep. For others, insomnia may only allow them to get an hour or two of sleep per night. The sleep that insomniacs get can also be choppy, meaning that they aren’t able to achieve deep REM sleep as they don’t stay asleep long enough for their body to reach that state. The inability to reach this state can be just as impactful as not being able to get enough sleep.