A student claims that he has severe insomnia and hardly sleeps at all. The fact that his roommate says that he appears to sleep deeply and is not even bothered by dorm noises when he is asleep suggests that the student's condition is most probably

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Paradoxical insomnia (also known as sleep state misperception) is a condition where individuals perceive themselves to be awake despite actually being asleep. The student's claim of severe insomnia, contrasted with the roommate's observation of deep sleep, aligns with the characteristics of paradoxical insomnia, where there is a significant discrepancy between the individual's perception of sleep and actual sleep state.  This is a condition in which there are completely normal patterns of sleep in people who complain of significant lack of sleep.

A Student Claims That He Has Severe Insomnia and Hardly